FROM VILLAGE PRESERVATION:
“NYC voters approved ballot measures 2,3, and 4, which permanently hand unilateral decision-making authority to the Mayor on an incredibly broad range of land use decisions, removing the City Council and by extension the public from having a real say in these decisions. The well-funded campaign to support these measures successfully convinced a majority of voters they would improve affordability in our city, when in fact they would open the door to more rapid gentrification, less affordability, fewer investments in infrastructure to support new development, fewer protections for tenants and small businesses, and more corrupt, closed-door decision-making.”
The developers’ take over of New York City is virtually complete. We will see if Mamdani can/will do anything to reverse it. Unless he can, this is a city on its way out.