Nick shirley

👀 SNEAK PEAK We're diving into New York City's homeless crisis. NYC's spending on the unsheltered homeless hit $368M in FY2025, up 262% from $102M in FY2019. That's $81K per person. Meanwhile, the population of unsheltered homeless people grew by 26% in that same period. Nonprofits running this system have been caught paying executives $900K+ salaries, hiring their own family members, and funneling city contract money into companies they own. And Mayor Mamdani just quietly signed a $1.86 billion, three-year hotel contract to house the homeless. Full breakdown tomorrow.

MAGA's outrage over a project that literally SAVES LIVES tells you everything! This freeway project, grounded in decades of research, restores a critical wildlife corridor and reduces DEADLY collisions on one of the busiest highways in the country — protecting both drivers and animals. FACT: The cost estimate held until last year when inflation — in part driven by TRUMP’s TARIFFS — increased construction costs. The increase is vastly LOWER than the 67% national average increase in highway construction costs. FACT: The timeline shifted by just ONE YEAR largely due to severe weather last year — five years of work is far from a “boondoggle.”