housing policy isn’t a reset button… you cant “undo” a mayors choices like ctrl+z. real change takes bills, budgets, and
CaughtMidFlirt on
real talk though… a lot of people wish someone would prioritize housing and roll back some of adams moves. even if this isnt official, it shows what folks actually want right now.
Oliin on
Yeesh, that subhead talking about his “flurry” of executive orders. Two isn’t a “flurry” of anything NYT.
GAFLX2 on
Does everybody get to issue executive orders now? How did this become a thing?
jstank2 on
>Cea Weaver, a tenant organizer and housing advocate, was named the director of the Mayor’s Office to Protect Tenants. The mayor says the office’s primary focus will be to defend tenants’ rights and act “swiftly” to intervene on behalf of those facing illegal conditions.
>”If your landlord does not responsibly steward your home, city government will step in,” Mamdani pledged.
>The mayor declared the office’s first major action would be in court, where they would intervene in bankruptcy proceedings of Pinnacle Realty. The housing group has received over 5,000 violations and 14,000 complaints, the mayor’s administration said, in addition to money owed to the city. Mamdani said the city plans to “seek immediate relief and improve living conditions for Pinnacle tenants.”
>Mamdani signed his executive orders Thursday evening at a Pinnacle-owned building.
And so we see the real reason why all these landlords in NYC are scared out of their gizzard.
Its because they are fucking criminals. The slum lords of NYC better clean up their act because a new sheriff is in town and now he is not going to take any shit.
This first day action isn’t about passing new laws, its simply enforcing the ones that are already on the books.
bendbarrel on
Democratic socialism does not mix with sharia law. Either one or the other! When you are sworn in with the Quran it is only Sharia law! Quran doesn’t recognize Democratic socialism
6 Comments
housing policy isn’t a reset button… you cant “undo” a mayors choices like ctrl+z. real change takes bills, budgets, and
real talk though… a lot of people wish someone would prioritize housing and roll back some of adams moves. even if this isnt official, it shows what folks actually want right now.
Yeesh, that subhead talking about his “flurry” of executive orders. Two isn’t a “flurry” of anything NYT.
Does everybody get to issue executive orders now? How did this become a thing?
>Cea Weaver, a tenant organizer and housing advocate, was named the director of the Mayor’s Office to Protect Tenants. The mayor says the office’s primary focus will be to defend tenants’ rights and act “swiftly” to intervene on behalf of those facing illegal conditions.
>”If your landlord does not responsibly steward your home, city government will step in,” Mamdani pledged.
>The mayor declared the office’s first major action would be in court, where they would intervene in bankruptcy proceedings of Pinnacle Realty. The housing group has received over 5,000 violations and 14,000 complaints, the mayor’s administration said, in addition to money owed to the city. Mamdani said the city plans to “seek immediate relief and improve living conditions for Pinnacle tenants.”
>Mamdani signed his executive orders Thursday evening at a Pinnacle-owned building.
And so we see the real reason why all these landlords in NYC are scared out of their gizzard.
Its because they are fucking criminals. The slum lords of NYC better clean up their act because a new sheriff is in town and now he is not going to take any shit.
This first day action isn’t about passing new laws, its simply enforcing the ones that are already on the books.
Democratic socialism does not mix with sharia law. Either one or the other! When you are sworn in with the Quran it is only Sharia law! Quran doesn’t recognize Democratic socialism