LaurenBB

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[LaurenBB @lbessieg]

@NYCSanitation what’s up with the lack of sweeping on Flatbush Ave? Right in front of our theater

[Austin C. Jefferson @AJeffNY]

A group of state lawmakers and childcare advocates want the Child Care Workforce Fund in the state budget and funding for last year’s eligibility expansion for the Child Care Assistance Program. They brought a giant baby to boot.

[Open New York @OpenNYForAll]

In 2021 we rezoned:
SoHo/NoHo = 3,000 homes
Gowanus = 8,000 homes

Today, we passed something 10x larger than either:
City of Yes = 80,000 homes

But in order to end our housing shortage, we will need reforms 10x larger than today’s.

[LaurenBB @lbessieg]

NIMBYs lose Pay attention

[Michael Kaess @WaluigiSoap]

Breaking: The “Bronx Coalition Against Upzoning” have lost their appeal. NIMBYs had raised and wasted over $47k on this failed lawsuit to rollback the 2022 Bruckner Sites Rezoning and stop affordable housing from being built in Throggs Neck.

[LaurenBB @lbessieg]

Amen

[Danny Pearlstein @DannyInTransit]

Once again, I'm begging for individual profiles of the millions of public transit riders delayed or outright denied service by unreliable trains and inaccessible stations that will be fixed with funds raised by decongesting traffic, so ambulances can move
https://t.co/28xPRSJuQ1

[Adriano Espaillat @RepEspaillat]

Thank you everyone who joined tonight’s celebration in recognition of my election as Chairman of the @HispanicCaucus for the 119th Congress.

I’m honored to serve in this new leadership capacity and to continue to serve the constituents of NY-13.

[The City Reporter @THECITYNY]

So long forced broker fees. City Council is expected to pass the FARE act Wednesday which would require whomever hired the broker to pay the fee.

https://t.co/2a2GCulie4

[Neil Renic @NC_Renic]

Europeans: “I am holidaying. Your emails will be forwarded nowhere to be read by no one. Good day”

Americans:

[LaurenBB @lbessieg]

I'm attending Election Response Center's event, “Post-Election Mass Call” - sign up now to join me! https://t.co/5hxQHh7cCl

[LaurenBB @lbessieg]

🎉 amazing

[Harvey Epstein @Harvey4council]

https://t.co/3VpUkuHGNf

[Harvey Epstein @Harvey4council]

I agree with John @mulaney… let’s not call it Epstein’s Island.

[LaurenBB @lbessieg]

@mattkatz00 @WNYC @Gothamist @NYPR_Union So sad to see you go!

[Office of New York City Comptroller Mark Levine @NYCComptroller]

Without congestion pricing, the MTA lacks the funds to install new elevators and other accessibility improvements, betraying one of the core promises of the ADA:

That EVERYONE should have equal access to public spaces.

[LaurenBB @lbessieg]

Thank you for standing strong pro housing!

[Senator Zellnor Y. Myrie 麥瑞 @zellnor4ny]

As a BK native & renter, NYC’s housing shortage is personal for me.

That’s why I support the Arrow Linen’s rezoning in one of the least affordable neighborhoods in the city.

Ty to our neighbors who are calling for more housing @BKCB7 hearing tonight!

https://t.co/eXIcqmRDmm

[Gloria Pazmino @GloriaPazmino]

New: Of the 282 arrested at @Columbia and @CityCollegeNY, 134 were not “affiliated” with either school.

The remaining 148 did have an affiliation, according to a NYPD official who shared the breakdown with CNN.

[Gavin Newsom @GavinNewsom]

Please read this:

[Gothamist @Gothamist]

New York City is poised to lose funding for 60 school psychologists and nearly a quarter of the roughly 2,000 social workers embedded in public schools, even as Mayor Adams has warned of an ongoing “youth mental health crisis.”
https://t.co/x5NAIwokF2

[LaurenBB @lbessieg]

We planners (and tenants) always tried telling them back then that downzonings were exclusionary nonsense, but who listened? now look

[Nick Garber @nick_garber]

NEW: I wrote about Michael Bloomberg’s legacy of downzoning much of NYC to restrict housing.

As rents rise and Adams pushes for growth, some ex-Bloomberg officials admit the approach may have backfired.

"In retrospect, we could’ve been more aggressive":
https://t.co/y03zYzEIzB

[LaurenBB @lbessieg]

Albany Housing Inaction Boomerangs on Increasingly Pricey City https://t.co/m0rhPpCA0z

[Annemarie Gray @annemariegray]

Regular reminder that the opponents of what we like to call “subsidized apartments” most likely have their own homes subsidized by the government at far greater rates via mortgage tax benefits.

https://t.co/PsB4sJfCJg