John Eisenman (Jice)

New York is about to make a massive mistake. The NY State Senate is advancing a proposal to decouple from federal QSBS (Section 1202) — the tax provision that lets startup founders exclude gains on qualifying exits. If this passes, founders would owe 10-13% in combined state and city tax on exits that are tax-free at the federal level and in nearly every other major tech state. Even worse: it's retroactive to January 1, 2025. This comes right as the federal government just expanded QSBS benefits and New Jersey moved to full conformity. New York wants to go in the opposite direction. As a seed investor in NYC who has backed hundreds of companies, I can tell you: founders are mobile. If New York becomes one of the most punitive states for startup exits, the best founders will simply build somewhere else — and the jobs, tax revenue, and innovation will follow. NYC has built something special over the last two decades. This proposal puts it all at risk for a short-sighted revenue grab. If you're a founder, investor, or anyone who cares about the NYC tech ecosystem — please sign the TechNYC open letter before Monday below 👇🏾👇🏾👇🏾 Keep building, NYC 🗽

I'm huge supporter of re-legalizing family apartments in US cities But it's important to push back on the hysterical moral panic about studios Studios are valuable bc they're profoundly undersupplied Single family houses are the *~only* homes America allowed for 70 years!

Hi we are working on designs for the new American Courtyard Block. One pattern features diagonal paseos, ie a pedestrian promenade, at the heart of every block

I like the look of this home. Rather idyllic I would say.

>wake up with a mild sense of doom >check CO2 meter — 1400ppm >ah