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Here’s an idea for Zohran Mamdani to create more jobs in NYC: he could ask Julie Menin and City Council to relegalize the construction of new hotels, which Bill de Blasio banned citywide as a parting gift to the hotel workers union on his way out of office in 2021 www.nytimes.com/2026/06/02/n...

nytimes.comMamdani Is Under Pressure to Act Amid Slowing Job Growth in New York

holidiver.bsky.social

@holidiver.bsky.social

2 June

Even better idea, have the city build, own and operate its own hotels.

Stephen Jacob Smith

@stephenjacobsmith.com

Given that the city’s cost to build a low-rise library in the outer boroughs now exceeds $2,000 psf, that would be a huge drain on the budget. I want more hotels, but not at the taxpayer’s expense.

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