Will Thomas

Fairly opinionated. Liberal. YIMBY. (Former ED, @OpenNYForAll). he/him.

[Will Thomas @willthomas_usa]

I’m prioritizing Bl**sky for the time being because I dislike how much blatant bigotry and right-wing bs is now piped into my timeline; if you want to follow me there, I’m [email protected]

[Will Thomas @willthomas_usa]

If you are a liberal, you should leave this site, especially after last night. Media environments are clearly the only things that matter and being here is only supporting El*n’s vision for the country

[Will Thomas @willthomas_usa]

@bobbyfijan @saltiecashew It seems like you’ve voted mostly on local issues, which is your right, I guess, but I don’t understand why you’d expect Trump would do anything to improve urban education or quality of life, and esp. when he presents a clear threat to American institutions and the rule of law

[Will Thomas @willthomas_usa]

@TweetBenMax Makes me think Yonkers will be the second biggest city before too long

[Will Thomas @willthomas_usa]

I encourage you to try the Bl**S** site; it is a breath of fresh air for me personally

[Will Thomas @willthomas_usa]

This is not a 'free speech' website

[Will Thomas @willthomas_usa]

@mattyglesias Fwiw I'm inclined to give @bradlander more credit for voting through the entire rezoning of Gowanus than Zellnor for supporting a single private rezoning

[Will Thomas @willthomas_usa]

@hslatkin @nick_garber @GCPBID So strange considering how NYCHA needs more options rather than fewer; I wonder who was pushing for that at the council level

[Will Thomas @willthomas_usa]

@nick_garber @GCPBID Is campus infill all scrapped, or just with regard to NYCHA?

[Will Thomas @willthomas_usa]

@mattyglesias @Noahpinion Nigeria should not have an aircraft carrier

[Will Thomas @willthomas_usa]

@3_under_scores_ @Park_Committee Am I mixing it up with a HBLR station?

[Will Thomas @willthomas_usa]

@3_under_scores_ @Park_Committee Isn’t there an infill station on the west side under discussion?

[Will Thomas @willthomas_usa]

@GoodGuyGuaranty When you most want to buy is probably when you’re most interested in more being built

[Will Thomas @willthomas_usa]

@aarmlovi There are still quirks to this; like is Northside Williamsburg fully gentrified as compared to the East Village? (I agree with your take writ large tho)

[Will Thomas @willthomas_usa]

@mattyglesias Gettysburg 👀

[Will Thomas @willthomas_usa]

@3_under_scores_ I wish all NIMBYs such success lol

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@berkie1 I’m kinda surprised that Boston would consider this before allowing happy hour or bars to stay open after 1am—is this just an area where they aren’t hemmed in by state law?

[Will Thomas @willthomas_usa]

@RossBarkan The funny thing is that it’d probably be something like a version of good cause or the CPI+ anti-gouging laws passed in CA and OR, applied when the vacancy rate drops below 5%

[Alex Armlovich @aarmlovi]

👇NYS Good Cause Eviction's proposed rent cap of *1.5xCPI* is looser than NYC rent stabilization but tight enough to bind routine increases in modern NYC

But comprehensive citywide TOD rezoning could probably keep market rents under that threshold for a long time

[Will Thomas @willthomas_usa]

@mdasilva1563 @ndhapple Although I’m now realizing that “Low Hudson” includes Rockland, which itself is a thumb on the scale

[Will Thomas @willthomas_usa]

@mdasilva1563 @ndhapple I bet even more of Westchester is in Yonkers, New Rochelle and White Plains lmao