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fromStreetsblog
3 weeks agoThursday's Headlines: Mayoral Post-Mortem Edition - Streetsblog New York City
We said it all day: The livable streets movement elected Zohran Mamdani. Sure, armies of Socialist volunteerchiks, immigrant aunties, renters, Bronxites and so many others filled his winning coalition (as this nice Times video shows), but don't neglect the role played by bus riders, bike riders and YIMBYs in getting the Queens Assembly member over the finish line in first.
New York Islanders
fromFortune
1 month agoTrump says the American dream is on hold because 'big homebuilders' are 'sitting on' 2 million empty lots | Fortune
"They're sitting on two million empty lots," he wrote. "I'm asking Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac to get Big Homebuilders going and, by so doing, help restore the American Dream."
US politics
fromMission Local
3 months agoWestside YIMBYs meet in hostile territory to say: Embrace more density
Yvonne Perez, a homeowner in the Richmond since 2017, said at the meeting that she understands her neighbors who are concerned about views being obstructed, or fear change. She used to be one of them. "I wasn't sure what to make of the upzoning plan. I didn't want the Richmond to become downtown with all the high-rises," she said. "But once I understood what it actually meant, more families, more younger generations, it changed my perspective."
Real estate
NYC politics
from48 hills
6 months agoA pathetic display of political cowardice at the SF Planning Commission - 48 hills
Developer interests often override community concerns, particularly affecting vulnerable populations.
Luxury housing projects exacerbate displacement issues in low-income neighborhoods.
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