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Will Thomas
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Will Thomas
@willthomas_usa
Fairly opinionated. Liberal. YIMBY. (Former ED, @OpenNYForAll). he/him.
Long Island City, Queens Beigetreten Haziran 2009
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If you are a liberal, you should leave this site, especially after last night. Media environments are clearly the only things that matter and being here is only supporting El*n’s vision for the country
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@bobbyfijan @saltiecashew It seems like you’ve voted mostly on local issues, which is your right, I guess, but I don’t understand why you’d expect Trump would do anything to improve urban education or quality of life, and esp. when he presents a clear threat to American institutions and the rule of law
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@saltiecashew That was bad and ridiculous. These are worse:
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Bobby Fijan@bobbyfijan
Since Covid, I've become most radicalized by the policies: • Closed playgrounds & schools, but open dog parks & liquor stores • Tolerating degradation of public safety & transit • Gaslighting decreased education quality as "good" • Intolerance of religious faith & practice
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I'm a theologically conservative Christian and a registered Democrat (Philly has closed primaries for local elections)
In 2012, I voted for Romney
In 2016, I voted for Clinton
In 2020, I left it blank
This year, I voted for Trump
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@TweetBenMax Makes me think Yonkers will be the second biggest city before too long
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I encourage you to try the Bl**S** site; it is a breath of fresh air for me personally
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@mattyglesias Fwiw I'm inclined to give @bradlander more credit for voting through the entire rezoning of Gowanus than Zellnor for supporting a single private rezoning
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@hslatkin @nick_garber @GCPBID So strange considering how NYCHA needs more options rather than fewer; I wonder who was pushing for that at the council level
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@willthomas_usa @nick_garber @GCPBID 1) contextual height limits for buildings utilizing the proposed reduced minimum distance between buildings
2) n/a at all for NYCHA - something two commissioners pointedly noted w/ displeasure
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Gail Benjamin, a commissioner and former @NYCCouncil land use director, says she’s concerned about ending parking mandates, since many New Yorkers want more of it not less. Also wary of how the plan permits apartments near transit.
Votes yes, but suggests council should modify.
Nick Garber@nick_garber
.@NYCPlanning announces changes to 2 wonky but controversial parts of City of Yes plan before vote: • No longer allowing "infill" on NYCHA campuses • Continuing to allow off-site affordable housing to count toward a zoning bonus, no longer sunsetting that rule after 10 years
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@nick_garber @GCPBID Is campus infill all scrapped, or just with regard to NYCHA?
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@GCPBID Odd bedfellows as some tenant advocates here to oppose City of Yes — I think because of the now-scrapped NYCHA infill — snap their fingers in support of the Staten Island Republican who essentially based his no vote on preserving suburban neighborhood character
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@mattyglesias @Noahpinion Nigeria should not have an aircraft carrier
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@3_under_scores_ @Park_Committee Am I mixing it up with a HBLR station?
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@willthomas_usa @Park_Committee PATH doesn't like the idea because of how it would mess with operations, and there's no funding source anyway
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A mix of industrial buildings and apartments along Van Wagenen Ave where it hits the PATH tracks, in the Marion section of Jersey City.
The parcels along the tracks were recently rezoned to allow buildings as tall as 16 stories rather than the previously allowed 8 stories.
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@3_under_scores_ @Park_Committee Isn’t there an infill station on the west side under discussion?
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@Park_Committee JC density should've warranted a whole new PATH line like 10 years ago...
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@GoodGuyGuaranty When you most want to buy is probably when you’re most interested in more being built
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It becomes easier to tell people you’re a developer as you get older, because even the most ‘burn it all down’ types in their twenties become real estate-curious in their thirties.
I’m continually surprised by this.
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@aarmlovi There are still quirks to this; like is Northside Williamsburg fully gentrified as compared to the East Village? (I agree with your take writ large tho)
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Hundreds of academics spent their entire careers trying & failing to create a coherent definition of gentrification
And then Maya Wiley voters just...tweeted it out
Instantly settle any argument on whether a block is [pre-, prime, or post-]gentrification w/this one neat map
maeve buckley andersen@maevehove
i still catch myself looking at this map quite often
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Union City mayor Brian Stack: unsung YIMBY MVP of 2024? His efforts to block this project in neighboring Hoboken to protect views from his donors' condo's parking deck resulted in a lawsuit. Under the settlement, the project will have 600 more apartments.
nj.com/hudson/2024/08…
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@berkie1 I’m kinda surprised that Boston would consider this before allowing happy hour or bars to stay open after 1am—is this just an area where they aren’t hemmed in by state law?
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"Social districts," where you can buy a drink at a bar and walk around the neighborhood would be a great idea to boost the social life & nightlife in the City of Boston... Just ask Michigan.
wgbh.org/news/local/202…
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@RossBarkan The funny thing is that it’d probably be something like a version of good cause or the CPI+ anti-gouging laws passed in CA and OR, applied when the vacancy rate drops below 5%
Alex Armlovich@aarmlovi
👇NYS Good Cause Eviction's proposed rent cap of *1.5xCPI* is looser than NYC rent stabilization but tight enough to bind routine increases in modern NYC But comprehensive citywide TOD rezoning could probably keep market rents under that threshold for a long time
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If you're a YIMBY who hates rent stabilization and rent control laws, what should happen to vulnerable tenants in the interim period until enough housing is (theoretically) built in major metro areas and suburbs to drive rents down? Building takes time.
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@mdasilva1563 @ndhapple Although I’m now realizing that “Low Hudson” includes Rockland, which itself is a thumb on the scale
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@mdasilva1563 @ndhapple I bet even more of Westchester is in Yonkers, New Rochelle and White Plains lmao
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Imagine getting out-permitted by Greenwich, Connecticut & Co.
NYC Planning@NYCPlanning
In 2023, following the expiration of the 421-a tax program, New York City permitted 16,351 new homes – a five-year low, and fewer new homes than Inner New Jersey. Despite that drop, NJ and NYC still accounted for 80% of the metropolitan area's homes permitted.
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