A culprit of housing crisis: rent control laws

To resolve high rent and low vacancy in the city that has decreasing population, one must examine why there is a supply problem through the housing pipeline from construction, marketing, leasing and selling including DoF real estate tax and DoB permits and inspections. One stubborn factor is the inherent unfairness baked into the system by … Read more

Post-Election Political Shenanigans

Delayed approval by Panel for Education Policy’s $17 million contract for NCS Pearson’s SHSAT high school test. Adultery is no longer a crime. Neither is jaywalking in NYC. Congestion Pricing pause (June 5, 2024) – unpause (January 5, 2025) VP Harris 15-week $1.5 billion spending spree. Typical Democrat. Non Citizen Voting: Fossella v. Adams argument … Read more

Congestion Pricing: She said, he said.

Election has consequence. On Congestion Pricing, Governor Hochul wants to restart it on January 5, 2025. President-Elect Donald Trump said he will kill it after taking office on January 20, 2025. Can someone come up a quantitative way to evidence “pollution reduction”, “service improvement” due to congestion pricing, commute time reduction, cost savings, etc. Meanwhile … Read more

Trump won AD 23, 27 and 40 in Queens

Trump generated 37.3 % of the vote in Queens on Nov. 5 compared to just 26.8 % in 2020 when he faced Joe Biden, according to preliminary Board of Elections results. His success this year was also far higher than in 2016 when he faced Hillary Clinton– when he only brought in a meager 21.6 … Read more

“Weaponization” of Government: FEMA

A FEMA supervisor in Florida instructed its workers to avoid helping hurricane Milton damaged houses with a Trump sign. Is this an isolated event? Ms. Washington said, “no”. The fact is that “weaponization” is pervasive! Hiring, elections, laws… COVID mandates and New York 2024’s Proposition One are two examples of how our lives have changed … Read more

Over 1 million New Yorkers will have voted early!

Mail Ballot Totals Mail ballot recap reports listed below represent absentee, early mail, and military ballots distributed, received, deemed invalid and valid, as of the date of the report. All absentee and early mail ballots postmarked by election day must be received by the Board offices no later than November 12, 2024. All military, special federal and … Read more