Laws built on the premise that "housing is a human right" come crashing into economic reality in New York City, and no-one has any clue just how bad this could get. Across the city, tens of thousands of units are now sitting empty, because the rents that landlords can charge on

Disorder matters. In allowing the streets and subways to devolve into homeless encampments, the city not only ends up with public spaces that are unusable to the vast majority of residents but also does nothing to address the issues of why people end up homeless in the first

.@adamlehodey breaks down New York’s Community Opportunity to Purchase Act, which would give nonprofits first dibs on housing.

Once again, New York City's government wants to pass a bill to "fix" the housing crisis it created — this time by giving non-profits the first right to purchase in what's known as the "Community Opportunity to Purchase Act" (COPA). And, as is usually the case, little to no

This view is tragically driven by West Coast atrocities committed under *Grant's Pass* NYC sweeps aren't like California's. We have the right to shelter: We sweep people into shelter, and if there's no space, you get a hotel room in Manhattan free of charge DSNY should be more

Last week, I spoke to members of the Rent Guidelines Board — which sets annual allowable increases for the city's rent-controlled housing — to learn about the state of New York's housing market and the big considerations over the coming year. One big take-away: the city's

MI's @adamlehodey has some book recommendations for mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani:

Earlier this year, legislators in Albany passed a bill preventing the MTA from moving to one-person train operations, citing New York's unique safety needs. This ignores what the data shows: (1) over 94% of subway systems worldwide use one or zero-person train operations and

What ultimately pushes up wages under capitalism is not a "fighting, militant labour movement," but rather competitive pressures that businesses face to retain talent as employees sell their labour to those with better conditions (inc. wages). It's the economic equivalent of

Good morning from The Bronx where another rent stabilized building is selling for pennies on the dollar. This is actually a perfect case study for the tenants to purchase the building, but they will quickly learn the cost to run it far exceeds what they contribute. Leaders are

& here's what voters told me across the city as I spoke to them on election day:

I spent the last few months reporting on the New York Mayoral race and focusing on the policy implications in Mamdani's campaign. Three things he'll need to consider if he is to deliver on his promise of a more affordable New York: (1) an all out war on the market isn't going to