apartments that landlords keep empty and house no one are functionally the same as apartments that were never built.

NYC is one step closer to universal daylighting, as MN CB 9 becomes the 18th community board to pass a resolution in support. Aside from making streets safe, daylighting lets us conceptualize curb space beyond parking, unlocking new uses for the space🧵 theuptowner.org/manhattan-comm…

Voting ends tomorrow at 7pm! (note: Micheal L is in LowMan, not B/UM)

Congrats to our endorsees, 60% of whom NYC-DSA members elected to represent them in October! SBK: Olivia K, Darren G NBK: Stephanie F CBK: Nicole M, Alex M Queens: Ravi S Lowman: Zack J, Michael L B/UM: Garrison G

VANCE SAID WE NEED TO DECOMMODIFY HOUSING and then argued the way to do it was deportations

JD is a liar. He's trying to coopt outrage about rising rents to demonize immigrants. If he really posed a threat to corporate landlords, billionaires wouldn't be funding his campaign. Fuck JD. Fuck Trump. We need green social housing for ALL people - including all immigrants!

The bourgeoisie purposely keeps housing commodity supply low while free-market policies compell workers to follow capital around the globe. x.com/JDVance/status…

BREAKING: An investigation into Uber & Lyft 's lockouts found that the companies are using dirty tricks to avoid compliance with NYC's fair pay rules. Drivers could be locked into years of low wages & lose up to $154 MILLION as a result. A must read 🔽 bloomberg.com/graphics/2024-…

What is municipal socialism? What is it not?

The original "sewer socialists" were fisacal hawks. Using the public's money for the public's interest, stretching it as far as it could go, and eliminating waste, corruption, and grift, were of the utmost priorty. Socialists should lean into this.

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