@julesquinns I’m from the Bronx and have lived uptown at various points in my life. Think people break in her direction on the issue but it seems to be very very far from top priority. If she wins, suspect it’ll be more about overall dissatisfaction with Espaillat than anything else.
@PrinceNorodom@DssIntrepid@JillFilipovic yup. she hasn’t explicitly come out in favor of making it easier to build housing + her pov on NYCHA in practice condemns tenants to bad conditions forever.
@lilusdivert I mean it just sounds like you don’t want to deal with the situation that’s actually in front of you and prefer to fall back to dogma. like what would you actually do irl if you were governor?
@kareemisposting they’re gonna get elected because they were propped up by the mayor. you obviously can’t point to a significant record or ties to the district as the reason. it’s still a “backroom deal”, you just happen to like the people in the room.
@indiemusicfan4@aaronnarraph maybe the most important power to stand up to is congressional republicans and throwing a temper tantrum that produces no tangible change is a waste of energy?
@dieworkwear where do you stand/what do you reco re: backpacks and Ralph Lauren-y aesthetics (so more ivy I guess). I’d rather avoid them but the reality is your back is too important to suffer with a heavy tote/messenger for too long
I think the leftists criticizing the Dems over this situation are doing so because they are emotionally invested in believing a lie (that the two parties are the same and it was brave and cool to vote Jill Stein) and the worse Trump gets, the more invested in the lie they are.
@pjlavish@BetterR0ads@News12BX let’s be honest here, this place is very similar to a lot of Dominican cake spots you’ll see throughout the Bronx and the heights. this is not a destination. Blaming the bike lane for bad business without evidence is very convenient cover for just not wanting a bike lane.