Gerrald Ellis

Affordable housing lawyer. Adjunct @FordhamLawNYC. Animal lover. Cyclist.

[Charlie Bilello @charliebilello]

"Mr. Trump was briefed in October 2025 that Ms. Huang had a relationship with Mr. Huang and was presumed to be a spy, but the president chose not to do anything with that intelligence." - NY Times

Hmm, I wonder why...

[Amy @amyliztweets]

Merge the applications for all federal benefit programs in one central portal that informs you all programs you are eligible for and creates one application process.

[Gerrald Ellis @gerraldellis]

@dlondonwortel @NYCMayor putting out the bat signal for this one

[ostonox @ostonox]

james talarico on snl before nyc mayor zohran mamdani

little too obvious Lorne

[Bernie Sanders @BernieSanders]

DEMOCRATS MUST DELIVER

Trumpism grew out of the failure of the Democratic Party to stand with working families. That cannot continue. At a time of unprecedented income and wealth inequality and declining faith in democracy, Democrats MUST deliver. No excuses.

- Medicare for All
- A $20-an-hour minimum wage
- The PRO Act
- A wealth tax on billionaires, which would pay for universal childcare, free public colleges and universities, and a massive housing program
- An AI data center moratorium
- Bringing ICE under control and comprehensive immigration reform
- REAL campaign finance reform

[George M Johnson Garçon @IamGMJohnson]

Lmaoooooooooooo it was not

[SerenityJones @Serenit35382959]

Being right years ahead of others isn’t nearly as satisfying as people think. Nobody apologizes for treating you like a crazy. They just come back years later, repeating what you told them as if it’s some groundbreaking revelation because they finally heard it from someone else.

[Ben Rhodes @brhodes]

Remember when all the Big Tech, Wall Street, Big Law, media, and universities bent the knee to Trump? That was less than two years ago.

[Zohran Kwame Mamdani @ZohranKMamdani]

Americans are tired of being told their needs are unrealistic by politicians who have been bought by the wealthiest people in the country.

[something in the light 🦭 ︎ @isilanorien]

Democrats theoretically now hold enough trifectas to ratify the National Popular Vote Interstate Compact and effectively abolish the Electoral College

[Chef José Andrés 🕊️🥘🍳 @chefjoseandres]

Increíble de ver a los “expertos” en solventar la emergencia de vivienda que vive España! En cada televisión! @telediario_tve @A3Noticias @tele5_noticias @noticias_cuatro La realidad es que tenemos a políticos que intentan crear decretos y soluciones cuando no tienen la preparación ni el conocimiento para idear una solución real al problema que vivimos.

España no tiene un problema de falta de decretos. Tiene un problema de falta de viviendas.

Y mientras el Gobierno siga confundiendo anunciar medidas con resolver problemas, seguiremos pagando las consecuencias de su inacción.

Subvencionar la demanda sin aumentar la oferta presiona los precios. Regular cada vez más un mercado sin construir vivienda nueva no elimina la escasez: la administra. Castigar fiscalmente una modalidad de alquiler puede cambiar incentivos, pero tampoco pone un solo ladrillo.

El Gobierno puede aprobar todas las medidas que quiera y venderlas como grandes soluciones. Puede encadenar decretos, anuncios y campañas de propaganda. Pero hay una pregunta que desmonta cualquier discurso:

¿Cuántas viviendas nuevas crea todo esto?

Porque la vivienda no se abarata repartiendo la escasez. Se abarata acabando con ella.

España necesita construir. Mucho.

Más suelo disponible. Licencias en meses, no en años. Más densidad donde sea posible. Seguridad jurídica. Muchísima más vivienda pública y también privada.

Pero el Gobierno no está haciendo lo necesario. Prefiere intervenir sobre las pocas viviendas que existen antes que crear las condiciones para que haya muchas más. Prefiere presentar parches como soluciones y cargar sobre propietarios, promotores y ciudadanos el coste de su fracaso.

Lo demás puede servir para redistribuir, proteger a determinados colectivos o cambiar incentivos. Pero no confundamos eso con solucionar el problema de fondo.

No se arregla una falta de vivienda repartiendo mejor las pocas casas que existen. Se arregla haciendo que existan muchas más.

Menos propaganda. Menos parches. Menos obsesión por intervenir sobre el mismo piso.

Más oferta. Más construcción. Más casas.

[Stu Smith @thestustustudio]

🚨 At the U20 Mayors Summit, Mamdani Says the Left Has Ceded “Quality of Life,” “Efficiency,” and “Fraud and Waste” to the Right

This was one of the more interesting arguments Zohran Mamdani made today at the U20 Mayors Summit, and a reminder that he can be genuinely sharp when he drops the “central casting” routine.

“In New York City, there are certain words that have taken on ideological associations.”

“Quality of life has come to be seen as somehow a right-wing concern. Efficiency… has been taken on as a right-wing concern, rooting out fraud and waste, a right-wing concern.”

Mamdani’s argument is that refusing to engage those issues actually helps the Right.

“If you are staring at an example of social disorder or social inefficiency, and the left refuses to explain either why it has happened or how they will fix it, then the right gets to point at someone in the immediate area and say, ‘That’s who did it.’”

The harder question is how much of the broader Left is actually prepared to follow the advice.

[MP Arizona☀️🏳️‍🌈💙🌵🐕🐕‍🦺🫂💦🏜🐟🌴🎙🌎🌻♍️🌊 @AzPetrich]

The biggest mistake in American history was not dragging Trump off to prison within 24 hours of January 6th. And we'll pay for that for the rest of our lives.

[Alicia, Courtyard Urbanist @UrbanCourtyard]

We have records of condominium ownership of buildings going back to ancient Mesopotamia

There are property records of upper floors being rented and sold in ancient Sippur (Sumer)

sharing the cost of the land, roof, structure, building systems, and yard makes condominium ownership has been an efficient path to homeowners for thousands of years

… where multifamily construction is legal

[David J. Bier @David_J_Bier]

2/3 of NYC's residents are immigrants or children of immigrants. It is the nativist's worst-case scenario for America. Its homicide rate is on pace for ~3 per 100K residents: the lowest ever. For context, the USA as a whole has NEVER had a recorded homicide rate of 3 or even 4.

[Gerrald Ellis @gerraldellis]

@emilyjnyc @AsadFromNYC Color of Law. A must read if you’re interested in this stuff

[Hayden @the_transit_guy]

My biggest issue with how this country is growing is that it's not holistic. It's just individual projects strung together by unwalkable roads in the hope that it turns out to be some semblance of a place with some identity.

[Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @NYCMayor]

If it looks like an Amazon delivery and drives like an Amazon delivery, then it's an Amazon delivery, right? Not according to Amazon.

Big companies like Amazon have built a vast network of subcontractors who deliver their packages while shielding them from accountability.

It leaves our workers unprotected and our streets less safe. It's time for a change.

I'm proud to support the Delivery Protection Act to crack down on exploitative subcontracting and build an economy that works for everyone.

[Mike Peters @Mike_Peters_LGM]

Literally the discourse right now:

Homeowner: This is so unfair, I bought my $3 million home for $200k in 1980, and I've lived here all my life

Everyone: Okay, just submit your New York tax return and you're off the hook

Homeowner: But I didn't file my taxes in New York.