You imagine a world where when you look for a job you put your race, religion, gender, sexual orientation and nationality in a computer and it tells you which jobs are available to you because the department you are applying too has too few of a certain category. This sounds like what you are proposing.

You do save on the outrageous mortgage tax with coops. Though the mortgage restrictions are tough. Generally under 80% ltv plus a legal box of financial info to the board. It's much harder to be accepted by the board than to get the mortgage.

NYCs transaction costs are the highest in the country to buy real estate. This is a big disincentive to buying vs renting. The mortgage taxes are the highest, you have to use an attorney that costs $3,000 (many areas if the country the real estate agent draws up a standard contract), and many buildings have strick requirements that makes sense to some extent given that it's almost impossible to foreclose on someone in NYC. If someone could be foreclosed on quick the buildings would not worry as much as someone not being able to pay their monthly maintenance.

Plus for all of this cost you get the worst service in the country. In NYC it can take months to close. In every other part of the country the transactions all close in under 30 days.

Both are right Hochul ran a terrible campaign and the fix was in where the red states gerrymandered illegally and used the maps anyway with zero consequences and NY in the end did not use the illegally drawn partisan maps.

The argument being if one side cheats why can't I?

It sucks that in the South the republican maps were deemed illegal by the district courts and the states ignored the court rulings and used them anyway. To make matters more corrupt it was appealed to the Supreme Court and they just used a technically and sat on their hands. NYs court rightfully did the right thing and threw out the partisan maps. Though the right thing is hard to swallow when one side cheats and it's blessed by the corrupt partisan highest court in the land while the other side follows the rule of law. The fix was in before the first vote was cast.

Of course is a BS but that did not stop the Republicans from controlling the narrative that its Bidens fault. The democrats response was I have no idea. They should at least celebrate and promote the good things.

Typical democrats always finding the worst points in every situation enstead of the best ones.

Cuomo was a very effective politician.

Economic headwinds. Their are 2 jobs for every person looking for a job. Unemployment is at a 50 year low. The democrats solved Unemployment. They are just so dumb they can't take a win that they created.

Hochul should just eminent domain the lots and use it to build more tracks and a tunnel to NJ. It's easier if the existing buildings are torn down. Then when things are right the city can give 100 year leases out to developers.

Hochul should play hard ball.

You do know all new buildings in NYC have to use electric heat according to a new law

They probably are trying to kill the current proposal as it suits their needs whoever it is.

So dumb. He could have robbed anything else in the Bronx and if he got caught would of been out in a day and plead to time served. He robbed a federal facility and attacked a federal worker. He will be going away for at least 10 years after he pleas.