A depressing, unsurprising story to "like". He doesn't even do the Monday evening "Inside City Hall" interviews that DeBlasio did. Say what you will about DeBlasio, he had to face at least some questions at least one damn day a week. This will be a painful 8 years for many New Yorkers but it won't be evident until after his administration has moved on because he is good at creating the media coverage he wants. He sat in front of school children yesterday and said (paraphrasing)..."No matter what they say about me...I AM MAYOR." Nightmare.
And I wouldn't put it past him to pull a Bloomberg and steal a 3rd term.
"For a broad progressive movement still figuring out how to best combat Adams, a Black former police captain adept at the identity-first rhetorical warfare favored by the activist class, rent is where they should focus. Rent is a universal issue with little ambiguity. Tenant activism, generally, is the purest form of activism because it can make common cause with the largest number of people. The interests are clear, as is the conflict. The owner class has far more power than the renter class, no matter how often landlords wail that their needs aren’t being met in Democratic New York."
I'd say there is more ambiguity than you allow. As long as there are two classes of renters, privileged (controlled and stabilized) and unprivileged (everyone else), it is misleading to pretend they have common interests. In fact in many ways the interests of unprotected renters are more aligned with those of the owners than with stabilized renters.
This is written like a reverse-Fox-news article that is trying to fear monger without facts. One of the appointees say they are 'a little skeptical of rent control' which is an extremely reasonable position, does not merit spending 1000 words with a tabloid-style essay.
A depressing, unsurprising story to "like". He doesn't even do the Monday evening "Inside City Hall" interviews that DeBlasio did. Say what you will about DeBlasio, he had to face at least some questions at least one damn day a week. This will be a painful 8 years for many New Yorkers but it won't be evident until after his administration has moved on because he is good at creating the media coverage he wants. He sat in front of school children yesterday and said (paraphrasing)..."No matter what they say about me...I AM MAYOR." Nightmare.
And I wouldn't put it past him to pull a Bloomberg and steal a 3rd term.
"For a broad progressive movement still figuring out how to best combat Adams, a Black former police captain adept at the identity-first rhetorical warfare favored by the activist class, rent is where they should focus. Rent is a universal issue with little ambiguity. Tenant activism, generally, is the purest form of activism because it can make common cause with the largest number of people. The interests are clear, as is the conflict. The owner class has far more power than the renter class, no matter how often landlords wail that their needs aren’t being met in Democratic New York."
I'd say there is more ambiguity than you allow. As long as there are two classes of renters, privileged (controlled and stabilized) and unprivileged (everyone else), it is misleading to pretend they have common interests. In fact in many ways the interests of unprotected renters are more aligned with those of the owners than with stabilized renters.
What about rent control and SCRIE? Please. TY, Neal.
This is written like a reverse-Fox-news article that is trying to fear monger without facts. One of the appointees say they are 'a little skeptical of rent control' which is an extremely reasonable position, does not merit spending 1000 words with a tabloid-style essay.