Eric Kaplan

Snr Advisor @MilkenInstitute. Past: Ind Dir @krollbondrating, Pres @FL4_ALL; MD @aiethicscouncil; EVP @OperationHOPE; Chair @CFPB Cons Advis’y Bd. Views—my own!

[Eric Kaplan @KapsHouse]

I'm thrilled & honored to join @OperationHOPE / @FL4_ALL to help drive the mission of embedding financial literacy into our nation's culture & ensuring access to opportunity & empowerment for all in our economy. https://t.co/BnwTRpU45s / #SilverRights https://t.co/DJJGsouYzN

[Eric Kaplan @KapsHouse]

On a plane. Long delay. About to take off. Man nearby is snoring / snorting really loudly. Everyone notices. Some people are laughing a bit. Guy behind him wakes him and asks him if he could try to be more aware and try to tone down the snoring. BUT…then he says to the snoring guy, “It’s disgusting.”

How absolutely uncalled for. How insulting and rude and obnoxious. The poor guy who’s snoring isn’t trying to cause a disturbance. Who knows - it might be sleep apnea or some other medical condition. But the guy who called him disgusting? I’d say he needs a good dose of whatever church or other house of worship he might go to, but that seems like it would be a waste of space…or maybe he just hasn’t been doing his homework or, for some other reason, is failing at practicing what’s being preached.

Even worse, the rude guy is sitting next to his wife and toddler. The wife was embarrassed as hell that he said what he said. The toddler, who surely doesn’t know any better - I feel bad for her. She’s being raised by a guy who’s setting a very discourteous example for her and, if this is the way he lives his life and raises his daughter, then she surely has a lot of toxicity and, if she’s lucky, healing therapy in her future.

Let’s see what the rest of the flight brings….

[Eric Kaplan @KapsHouse]

@mathewguy6 @NYCMayor And what I don’t like is the grandstanding while people need help.

[Eric Kaplan @KapsHouse]

@mathewguy6 @NYCMayor It’s both.

[Eric Kaplan @KapsHouse]

A person on the verge of dying from cancer needs not only a lifestyle change and healthy living, but chemotherapy so they can get to a point where they have the opportunity to pursue wellness in their lives. A person on the verge of financial ruin needs to weather the storm
to get to a point where they can begin to shore up their financial literacy and implement supportive financial habits. So - it’s both. As you noted…you can do two things at once. I’ve never been a fan of duct tape solutions or putting a bandaid on cancer, but lord knows the current residents need assistance. If you’re in NYC, I’d be happy to meet for coffee and talk at length. I’m here for collaborative solutions. Always have been, always will be.

[Eric Kaplan @KapsHouse]

Not mocking. Stating that the roll out and replacement plan is a longer term solution and does nothing to fix the pressing hazards of NYCHA living today - including tenants who have lived in barely habitable if not uninhabitable conditions for years. I understand about fixing two problems at once. Maybe I’d find it less problematic if he appeared to be as committed to interim fixes in the case of dire need. I haven’t seen evidence of that and I find it incredibly problematic that he hasn’t opened up the complaint process to NYCHA housing on par with privately owned housing. Maybe the mayor appears to be tone-deaf at best in this regard. Either way, I appreciate your commitment to improved public housing, your advocacy for meaningful upgrades, and the manner in which you state your case.

[Eric Kaplan @KapsHouse]

So, in the face of his happy proclamations about what he’s going to do for NYCHA, how about also allowing complaints against NYCHA to be aired in the same manner as they are against private landlords, an honest admission about the severity of issues that NYCHA tenants live with, and a commitment - that he honors - to make remedial efforts a top priority of his administration? That’s what I’d like to see - and that’s what NYCHA residents deserve.

[Eric Kaplan @KapsHouse]

So - to be clear - I’m all for improvements that make sense from a quality of life perspective and that are operationally and logistically sound. And if you don’t know, I’ve worked to further affordable housing, access to credit, and fair, functioning, and healthy housing and housing markets for years. What I don’t appreciate is political rhetoric that at best is a bad look in the face of reality and at worst an effort to use virtue signaling as a means to distract from failures that carry mortal consequences for thousands upon thousands of people (particularly when they’re among the most vulnerable communities).

[Eric Kaplan @KapsHouse]

@pulte Combined profit makes Fannie+Freddie the 11th most profitable company in the U.S. (individually, Fannie is #15 & Freddie is #28).

[Eric Kaplan @KapsHouse]

@SaraEisen Brilliant, Sara - thank you for pressing her as you did.

[Eric Kaplan @KapsHouse]

@Crime_In_NYC A stabbing+robbery on the 4 at Wall Street at 12:30 pm? If they catch the assailant, he should spend at least 25 years behind bars. A knife is deadly & should be treated as seriously as a gun in this case. He shouldn’t get a hall pass just b/c his blade didn’t hit a major artery.

[Eric Kaplan @KapsHouse]

@FBIDirectorKash I’ve read that authorities believe he was going ~70 mph (not a highway also) w/ a BAC ~.20. DA site says he faces 8.5-25 yrs on top charge. Unacceptable. A death caused by this behavior should be considered homicide w/ a life sentence. We should all know better by now. Enough.

[Eric Kaplan @KapsHouse]

I’m going to sound like a broken record here, but: if they find the person, he cannot be set free to roam the streets. By his very action, he is a proven danger to the public and must be detained in a criminal or psychiatric facility until disposition. No amount of bail (and certainly not a “no bail” release) can make a person who commits unprovoked violence suddenly safe to walk the streets. It’s a fallacy. An absurdity. The person committed the act because of a criminal nature, mental illness, psychological imbalance, emotional dysregulation, drug-induced psychosis, or some other condition that was severe enough for him to stab someone - and this requires an appropriate response and treatment plan. Policies or discretionary decisions that would allow him to walk free without proper disposition endanger the public and do nothing to help him obtain the right treatment and supports to help him heal and rehabilitate (let alone pay any applicable price for his actions and deliver the right measure of justice to the victim). Safer, more humane and more effective penal/psych facilities to foster better outcomes and substantively and meaningfully prevent or reduce the chance of recidivism? All for it. But even now, if they catch the guy, they can’t let him walk until the right plan is in place for his penal and/or psychiatric path going forward.

[SportsCenter @SportsCenter]

Madden Orlovsky had a heartfelt message for his family and friends in honor of World Autism Awareness Day 🥹

This was a special moment for all of us at ESPN. Thanks, Madden and @danorlovsky7 ❤️

[Eric Kaplan @KapsHouse]

@Crime_In_NYC Violent offenders like this should get no bail, but instead be detained in a penal or psych facility till final disposition. They’re proven dangers to the public; putting them back on the streets at any price without addressing the cause of their violence is unconscionable.

[Eric Kaplan @KapsHouse]

@RezaC1 @Fred3787467486 Anyone who disrespects Sloan Kettering in any way is deplorable. It’s a sacrosanct place! If this turns out to be an actual bomb threat from ideologues, those responsible - and those who back them - no longer qualify as part of humanity. Only pure evil would do such a thing.

[Eric Kaplan @KapsHouse]

@nypost If you drive w/ a suspended license stemming from 2 DWI convictions, going well over 100 mph, swerve around cars & hit someone head on & kill them…a 15 yr sentence is a travesty. A slap on the wrist. The driver is a murderer & should be punished accordingly.

[Eric Kaplan @KapsHouse]

@unlimited_ls Should be permanently banned from officiating.