Mamdani plays at governing - housing edition

[jon-nyc]

Im changing this thread title to focus on housing alone. It’s going to be that much of a disaster.

[89th]

I like how she smiled when she said residents “can organize”. She just loves a protest or the idea of the masses gathering. Also, and I can’t blame her but she reminds me of someone who knows she’s being closely watched and is really nervous about each word.

[89th]

Also she said twice “across the state”. Isn’t she just in charge of the city housing?

[jon-nyc]

[Mik]

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/mom-of-zohran-mamdani-aide-who-said-owning-a-home-fuels-white-supremacy-has-1-6m-house-in-tennessee/ar-AA1THw2C

[jon-nyc]

Just discovered this account, don’t know if it’s trustworthy or not.

[jon-nyc]

Best comment:

[Mik]

She just doesn't seem tough enough for NYC.

[Axtremus]

Trump's housing proposal:
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/07/business/trump-wall-street-investors-homes.html

Trump Wants to Bar Wall St. Investors From Buying Single-Family Homes

[Renauda]

Trump’s not big on the Burkean conservative governance principle of subsidiarity is he?

Quite a micro manager if you ask me.

[jon-nyc]

I’m fine with it just so we can get it off the table as an excuse not to solve the real problem which is it is effectively illegal to build housing in most jurisdictions in the US.

[jon-nyc]

[Horace]

Does that have to do with Mamdani?

[jon-nyc]

He supports all these policies and ironically tried to fight a bankruptcy sale of some housing assets to a landlord he didn’t like by arguing that the business wasn’t sustainable because of these policies.

[taiwan_girl]

[jon-nyc]

[little red riding hood wolf voice]

"The better to survey all the private property I will confiscate"

[/little red riding hood wolf voice]