Murray Cox

Personal feed for Australian artist, activist and technologist living in Newburgh, NY. Creator of @InsideAirbnb. My Photojournalism Feed: @murraycoxphoto

[Met Council on Housing @Met_Council]

We’ve lost a giant today.
Michael McKee’s passing is an immeasurable loss for New York’s tenant movement. From the 1970s to today, his brilliance, persistence, and vision shaped every major tenant rights victory in our state.

[Zohran Kwame Mamdani @ZohranKMamdani]

Michael McKee impacted the lives of countless New Yorkers over decades of visionary organizing for rent stabilization and affordable housing.

He will be deeply missed. But his legacy lives on in the movement he helped lead and victories for tenants to come.

[Murray Cox @murrayscox]

@GastorAlmonte @silkyjumbo Also @silkyjumbo, I’ve got one of those grapefruit spoons too! But I think I sit in the middle of both of you on how to eat an orange. I would cut an orange in quarters (or more), but won’t peel it and eat it like a mandarin, neither cut it just in half and scoop.

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@GastorAlmonte @silkyjumbo Speaking of Peppa’s, last time I was at the one on Flatbush, they put my chicken on the counter and I grabbed the sauce bottle to extra sauce my chicken, and everyone in the store stopped and looked at me, the lady said “customers don’t sauce themselves”. Had to apologize+++

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Also featured here https://t.co/UU5hzPVfnB

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@GastorAlmonte @silkyjumbo for consideration for The War Report, the alleged ringleader ran one of the best jerk food trucks in the city (Newburgh), we used to order from there. https://t.co/F302NvvUT4

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I just backed A Destination for Black Food Literature: BEM | books & more on @Kickstarter https://t.co/2mL4OFzQ8m

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@twieditz Instead Uber should display this message after each ride:

“$1.07 of your ride went to pay for lobbying of city, provincial and federal governments, lawyers, astroturf efforts and attack ads… all so we can grow at any cost and justify our US$130B market cap.”

[Murray Cox @murrayscox]

@twieditz @ridefairTO Nice interview!

[JetsetterJason @jetsetterjason]

So @bchesky @airbnbhelp @airbnb NYC Superhost approved by city (Local Law 18),need someone with top level admin rights to amend my address to add the unit number. Phone support claims no one can do this because I have an upcoming reservation (Dec 1st.)

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@adnan_wahab_ What is the purpose of your project?

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@Brookland718 @ezyjules @InsideAirbnb @AndreyFradkin @sophcalderwang @Airbnb Wow, you’re all in an Airbnb host bubble. I hope the echo chamber serves you well. Let me know when it bursts.

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@Brookland718 @ezyjules @InsideAirbnb @AndreyFradkin @sophcalderwang @Airbnb The research showed a disparity in Airbnb use that was harming the Black community who are majority renters (like all New Yorkers). So calling it a paper bag test is like attacking affirmative action for recognising race and disparities.

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@Brookland718 @ezyjules @InsideAirbnb @AndreyFradkin @sophcalderwang @Airbnb That doesn’t mean there weren’t Black hosts who were relying on that (illegal) income, but at the same time it was enabling an overwhelming number of white hosts to displace housing at the same time.

[Murray Cox @murrayscox]

@Brookland718 @ezyjules @InsideAirbnb @AndreyFradkin @sophcalderwang @Airbnb Of course he didn’t like it, and I agree this type of research can be problematic, but no-one disputed the findings… that the majority of listings in Black neighbourhoods were managed by white hosts.

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@ezyjules @Brookland718 @InsideAirbnb @AndreyFradkin @sophcalderwang @Airbnb The registration bill passed 42-5. Do you somehow think that this was some back room deal by the hotel industry. Even former Council Member Cornegy voted for it. Whatever you think about his record, he was an Airbnb supporter that voted for it.

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@ezyjules @Brookland718 @InsideAirbnb @AndreyFradkin @sophcalderwang @Airbnb I listened to the public comments at the hearings about the bills and the rules even though there was vile anti-tenant sentiment.

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@Brookland718 @JohnyWallStreet @InsideAirbnb @digitalarun Omg, I love this. Can in use it in my bio?