RW3Bro t1_j64l036 wrote on January 27, 2023 at 5:50 PM

Reply to comment by pton12 in NY attorney general weighs in: Harlem truck depot could be illegal by ctnutmegger

I have absolutely no faith that removing the ULURP and offloading the power to a city agency wouldn’t result in immediate and irreversible regulatory capture.

pton12 t1_j64n3di wrote on January 27, 2023 at 6:03 PM

I mean, you could just remove the veto and have the whole council just vote on it. I don’t think we need to assign veto power to a regulatory agency.

D14DFF0B t1_j66awt2 wrote on January 28, 2023 at 12:37 AM

I don't think the council should vote on every project. Set (hopefully liberal) zoning rules and let the market fix the problem.

pton12 t1_j66ces5 wrote on January 28, 2023 at 12:48 AM

Sure, whatever the mechanism, just remove the local veto.

RW3Bro t1_j64v92y wrote on January 27, 2023 at 6:53 PM

I don’t see how that amounts to anything but a rubber stamp for developers. A councilperson is obviously only accountable to the people who live in their district. They have zero incentive to care about the will of the people who live outside it.

ngroot t1_j64yrer wrote on January 27, 2023 at 7:16 PM

> I don’t see how that amounts to anything but a rubber stamp for developers.

If the city council votes on it, they have an incentive to not do something that most people in the city hate.