The beep weighed in on the beef between two of his likely 2021 rivals and also talked about borough jails, NYCHA develpment and the Queens DA’s race. Plus, a look at end-of-session politics in Albany.
‘We’re cosponsoring legislation that will reform the Cooperative / Condominium Property Tax Abatement by ending tax breaks for luxury owners who don’t need them.’
Everyone from rent-stabilized renters to rent-controlled tenants to people who live in mobile-home parks would be affected by the reforms, which now await action by Gov. Cuomo.
‘Ranked Choice Voting is a simple but powerful change to our election system that will ensure those elected to office have the support of a majority of their electorate—and are responsible to a broad base, not just the loudest few.’
When Farah Louis formally takes office, New York will for the first time have two Haitian-Americans in the City Council—a major milestone for the largest and one of the oldest ex patriate Haitian communities in the world.
Prostitution is referred to as ‘the oldest profession’ and a ‘victimless crime.’ It is neither.
‘Only a comprehensive planning process with stated equity goals can provide the environment, structure, and scope for analyzing the thousands of considerations and tradeoffs that will get us to a rational and integrated city.’
New York’s approach to land use has plenty of defenders. There are, however, those who disagree. ‘The current system exacerbates our worst selves rather than our best selves,’ a Brooklyn Councilmember told a City Limits panel Thursday night.
The division between people who support the de Blasio administration plan to site a new jail in the Bronx to facilitate the closing of Rikers and those who don’t is about a lot more than the location.
‘Parks are critical urban infrastructure. Parks don’t just make New York City tolerable – they make it livable. They are the soul of our city. And they are at a breaking point.’