YIMBYs win, 'Freeze the Rent' and other ways housing is shaping NYC's mayoral race

[RandySF]

Back in 2021, as New York City emerged from the COVID pandemic, crime was on the rise, along with a deepening sense of disorder. Addressing those problems catapulted Eric Adams, a former cop, to City Hall.

Four years later, the Democratic primary for mayor is all about housing.

Multiple polls show housing affordability is the top issue on voters’ minds as rents soar, sale prices make it impossible to buy homes, costs rise for landlords and rental assistance remains out of reach for most people.

The mayoral candidates have responded with an array of proposals and policy plans focused on supercharging development and curbing rent increases, though they differ in their approaches.





https://gothamist.com/news/yimbys-win-freeze-the-rent-and-other-ways-housing-is-shaping-nycs-mayoral-race

[OldBaldy1701E]

1. Don't worry. This is a self-correcting problem.

Because, once enough people are in the streets with nothing, they will finally decide that there is no reason NOT to take the fight to the wealthy.

It is just a fucking shame that we have to be goaded and ruined to the point of complete destruction in order to get some real action. But, we are headed there more and more every day.