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iamnyc t1_jcahagd wrote
Reply to comment by Delaywaves in Not Even This City Councilman Can Find an Apartment in New York City by CactusBoyScout
He loves housing. Just not in his district.
iamnyc t1_jcah3e1 wrote
Reply to comment by joshmoviereview in Not Even This City Councilman Can Find an Apartment in New York City by CactusBoyScout
Nepobaby might be a bit much, but this dude wants a baller apartment with in unit W/D in his mid 20s.
iamnyc t1_ja8w3mq wrote
Reply to comment by drpvn in Midtown Owners Hedge on Costly Office-to-Home Conversions by psychothumbs
In the past, the City Council has generally erred on the side of zoning for the least profitable and viable uses, in order to make owners come to them to beg for whatever the market wants there. Local land use control is a pox on American society.
iamnyc t1_ja8gj8a wrote
Reply to comment by drpvn in Midtown Owners Hedge on Costly Office-to-Home Conversions by psychothumbs
Garment District also has manufacturing zoning, so you've got to go beg the City Council. We've seen how that turns out.
iamnyc t1_ja8cium wrote
Reply to comment by ketzal7 in Midtown Owners Hedge on Costly Office-to-Home Conversions by psychothumbs
The FiDi ones that were converted had the floorplates to do so. I'm 100% certain that ANY current office building owner that has a floorplate (and zoning!) that even kind of works will do the same. Unfortunately, the big towers in Midtown generally do not fall in this category, so the owners are stuck.
We shouldn't care about the owners, but we SHOULD care about the tax base.
iamnyc t1_itxrzi5 wrote
Reply to comment by Distancefrom in Since the pandemic, subway seat hogs have really been on some bullshit by cakeschristmas
That’s never the case.
iamnyc t1_irtwonj wrote
People still listen to the radio?
iamnyc t1_jcailct wrote
Reply to comment by Grass8989 in Not Even This City Councilman Can Find an Apartment in New York City by CactusBoyScout
I'm not a fan of his, but going to Friends on a scholarship and having a grandfather from Bensonhurst doesn't scream privilege to me.