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New York, NY – Governor Andrew M. Cuomo, candidate for Mayor of New York City, today announced ‘Zohran’s Law,’ a plan to protect the city’s rent-stabilized apartments from being occupied by high-income individauls, ensuring these limited, affordable units go to New Yorkers who actually need them. Under Cuomo’s proposal, when a rent-stabilized apartment becomes vacant, the incoming individual income would be capped so that the annual rent makes up at least 30 percent of that income. For example, if an apartment rents for $2,500 a month ($30,000 per year), the new tenant’s income could not exceed $100,000. New York City is in the grip of a housing emergency. The city does not have enough units, and the drastically low vacancy rate is driving up prices, squeezing families, and forcing many to leave in record numbers.

In urban policy, it is considered bad for someone to be rent-burdened (spending at least 30% of their income on rent). But Cuomo's newly proposed law would *require* that people be rent-burdened. Absolutely insane.

“‘These things are dangerous,’ he said. ‘They’re around vehicles much bigger than they are’”

My man is so close to realizing the problem

In addition to Blair's points in this thread, I do think it's important for rational sane people to continue to point out the discrepancies between reality (crime stats) and fantasy (culture war) because it keeps pulling malleable folks to reality.

Drug Enforcement Administration officers patrolling the National Mall.

If you know DC you understand how tremendously goofy this is

(h/t @lorenzohall1.bsky.social)

Oh and he's going to "clear out the slums where [the criminals] live so that's cool I'm sure this will be fine

I'm pretty sure that licenses are NOT required for golf carts.

And I'm on record as saying that the Conservancy massively overuses golf carts. I've seen workers driving them with a single rake in the back!

Also, driving down the Central Park South sidewalks, picking up litter with grabber sticks.

Park Maintainer I or II Apply Minimum Requirements A four-year high school diploma or equivalent; and Demonstrated work experience; and Valid Drivers’ License that must be maintained for duration of employment Additional Requirements for Assignment to Park Maintainer II A satisfactory combination of education and/or experience as described above that is equivalent to 5 years of experience Demonstrated competency of essential job duties and cleaning standards CPC Internal Candidates – A satisfactory performance evaluation during each year of employment Abilities Required Ability and willingness to work nights, weekends, and holidays as part of regularly scheduled shifts and occasional overtime as needed Ability to lift 50 lbs. and perform heavy physical labor on a daily basis in all weather conditions Note: This position is in-person (not a remote role). Salary range: Park Maintainer I: $43,500-$47,400 annually commensurate with experience. Park Maintainer II: $44,500-$52,500 annually commensurate with experience.

Sure, the Central Parks Conservancy wants to hire some people with driver's licenses.

But you do not need one to rake leaves or clean toilets. Requiring one for EVERY FULL-TIME JOB is a big middle finger to the working-class population of NYC.

centralparknyc.wd12.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/Centra...

I wouldn't put it past them to commit mass murder.

We Told You So! DOT's Anti-Daylighting 'Scare Tactic' Now Fuels Pro-Car Pols - Streetsblog New York City DOT is finding common ground with pro-car, street safety foes.

One gets the sense that DOT was only opposed to universal daylighting because of operational and budget limitations, not because universal daylighting doesn't work, and tried to reverse engineer reasons to oppose it from there. Well...

Weigel's analysis in here understates what Republicans are trying to do. They do not believe any Democrat is a legitimate elected official, and there's no pulling back from what this means for the future of the country.

My least popular (and most correct) view is that cars should be automatically limited to the local speed limit. Put the pedal to the floor and you still can't go over 25mph in a residential area.

(15 in Manhattan btw)

OPINION: Actually, Amazon’s Cargo E-Bikes are Good! - Streetsblog New York City Amazon’s e-cargo bikes alleviate the need for delivery vans and reduce traffic collisions. They also look rad.

I wrote my first opinion piece for @nyc.streetsblog.org! Those Amazon cargo e-bikes that have taken NYC by storm are actually good! nyc.streetsblog.org/2025/08/05/o...

Notice how many of the buses they pass are express buses! As I wrote in 2011, 34th Street is not just a vital corridor for buses from Manhattan (17,790 riders in 2009), but also Queens (18,059) and Staten Island (6,362):

capntransit.blogspot.com/2011/01/from...

NYC Could Have Its First Car-Free Neighborhood (But Won’t Get It Due To Revanchist Pols) - Streetsblog New York City Creedmoor should not become just another mixed-use development, but, instead, become America’s next great neighborhood.

Creedmoor should not become just another mixed-use development, but, instead, become America’s next great neighborhood.

The dark side of Sunnyside: Commuters hogging municipal parking lot spots This is the sixth part of a Queens News series highlighting neighborhoods and shopping districts where the parking shortage has become chronic and crippling. The goal is to find solutions — s…

Or, you know, the kind of thing the Daily News has been filing since at least 2010:

www.nydailynews.com/2010/02/22/t...

Awesome job, Emily - you've been putting out a lot of great content, and people are responding to that!

Submitted my favorite parking story and also why is this the person the NYT has assigned to this?

Here's my parking story.

You don't know that retaining parking mandates was actually required to get the bill through. It might have been possible to eliminate all parking mandates, possibly at a cost of other provisions.

Just because that's what was passed doesn't mean it's the only thing that could have passed.

The AirTrain JFK signs are scrolling a message saying that there is no LIRR service between Jamaica and Atlantic Terminal from July 25th through August 18th. This is patently false — the service change is only on weekends. Anyway, disband the Port Authority.

It's actually pretty common to find interesting things - like the body of Richard III! - under parking lots.

I absolutely refuse to link to that thing.

Your New York-ness isn't based on how long you've lived here, it's based on how little you drive. Like, I officially became a New Yorker after living here for 2 years when I brought a new air conditioner home on the subway.

Bronx, Brooklyn, and Queens are coming together! We’re urging Governor Hochul and DOT to suspend harmful projects that widen the Brooklyn-Queens and Cross Bronx Expressways. Help us advocate for safe and sustainable alternatives that protect communities and the environment. See you there!

Mr Afraid of the Subway is going to have drones deliver hot liquids all over the country. Seems smart. Why do we have to entertain the musings of these idiots?

Hear me out here - by killing the open street on Vanderbilt, it became less of a destination and the neighborhood can't support restaurants like that if it's not a destination

The moral panic of the anglosphere over bus fare evasion and proof-of-payment is quite something.

Especially when you think that we do accept another mobility-related widespread PoP system: on-street parking, which is entirely charged via a proof-of-payment + inspector system.

You're the second person to say that. No, I think Cuomo is tapping into the history of urban renewal, which goes back at least as far as "New Rome," an expression of elite frustration with their inability to control cities, which goes back at least as far as Sodom and Gomorrah. It's a dog whistle.

This is insane. Forcing local governments to subsidize state government ...

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