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LIKE THE NYC COUNCIL, THE SUPREME COURT IS NO LONGER FUNCTIOINING LEGITIMATELY
In the Boston Globe, Elizabeth Warren calls for the Court to be expanded: “I don’t come to this conclusion lightly or because I disagree with a particular decision; I come to this conclusion because I believe the current court threatens … Continue reading
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COREY JOHNSON FOLDS
Like Margaret Chin, Johnson’s City Council tenure ends in disgrace. When Johnson announced that he would not accept real estate contributions for his since-ended mayoral bid, I made up my mind to support him then and there. So I am … Continue reading
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CITY HALL STEALS FROM IUS
As Samuel Stein writes in his book Capital City, upzoning is a massive seizure of public assets, “turning everyone’s airspace into someone’s property.”
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THE SEVENTH VEIL FALLS FROM FOX “NEWS”
With Wallace gone, it stands exposed as exclusively a venue for hate speech, treasonous anti-America incitement, Fascist propaganda, and Tucker Carlson broadcasting his sexual anxieties.
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WHO’S THAT CITY COUNCIL MEMBER W/SOME INTEGRITY?
Village Preservation tells us that one member of the City Council’s either zoning or land-use committees ignored the electioneering of Members Chin and Rivera and voted against this disastrous Soho/Noho/Chinatown upzoning. Who was it?
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THE CITY COUNCIL’S DESPOTIC CONTROL OVER LAND-USE ISSUES HAS TO END
De Blasio’s plan to ravage Soho/Noho/Chinatown with massive upzoning and displacement has been denounced by many preservation and tenant advocacyy groups, by US Congress Members Maloney and Nadler, by NY State Senator Hoylman, NY Assesmbly Member Glick, NYC Community Board … Continue reading
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THE DIMENSIONS OF CHIN & RIVERA’S CON
Village Preservation (Geenwich Village Society for Historic Preservation) notes: “The revised plan is a bit less awful and harmful than the plan approved by the Mayor’s City Planning Commission, but will still encourage woefully out-of-scale luxury condo, office, hotel, and … Continue reading
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COUNCIL MEMBERS CHIN & RIVERA BETRAY THEIR CONSTITUENTS–AGAIN
Council Members Chin and Rivera demonstrate their contempt for New York City by urging the NYC Council’s land-use and zoning committees to approve de Blasio’s catastrophic Soho/Noho/Chinatown upzoning. These two committees fell into line yesterday. The full council vote comes … Continue reading
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TUCKER CARLSON’S OBSESSION WITH MALE SEXUAL POTENCY
is on full view as he frets over alleged instances of COVID-19 reducing big, strong, manly men’s performance scores.
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FASCIST TRAITORS BANNON AND GAETZ PLOT TREASON ON TV
They’re discussing a military takeover “when Trump wins in 2024.” And still our Attorney General refuses to hold Trump accountable.
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