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Apr 11 12 tweets 5 min read
In 100 days, here’s a short list @NYCMayor’s accomplishments:
- created the nation’s most expensive public daycare at a cost of $60k per child.
- beefed up his TikTok portfolio
- misrepresented the budget deficit by $5B
- lied about City Council proposing to cut services
1/🧵 In addition, Mayor Mamdani has managed to anger a lot of people with the “warmth of collectivism.” He held a series of anti-landlord “Rental Ripoff” hearings but —wait for it — excluded public housing NYCHA tenants which he’s in charge of. Adding salt into that wound, a judge found HPD in contempt making him NYC’s worst “landlord”
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May 17, 2024 7 tweets 2 min read
If you're wondering why people in the outer boros are starting to flip out over Eric Adams' City of Yes, here's a a good illustration. The proposal is to virtually eliminate all zoning throughout the city, allowing for monstrosities such as this in 1-2 family neighborhoods: Image For those who haven't ventured beyond Manhattan, many have chosen to live in quiet, sleepy neighborhoods for a better quality of life & more space. Some enclaves are architecturally & historically stunning, like in Forest Hills Gardens, Kew Forest Gardens, Jamaica Estates, etc. Image
Oct 4, 2022 4 tweets 2 min read
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Troubling report on @NYCSchools released by @TomDiNapoli underscoring major issues that pro-academic rigor advocates have been saying all along.
To no one's surprise, under de Blasio, more students were not being well prepared on foundational basics. 1/
osc.state.ny.us/state-agencies… Image Data from NYS Comptroller's report also shows:
- Grade inflation is real & rampant
- Dropping graduation/Regents standards doesn't help those who go to college if there's a 38% dropout rate!!! 2/