Our NYC tap water comes from protected forests over 100 miles upstate! More than 90% of our water is collected in Catskill/Delaware reservoirs, filtered naturally by over 1 million acres of forests and soil. It’s one of the largest unfiltered systems in the U.S.
Just add trees
NYCHA needs $80+ billion to address its repair backlog, with nearly 40% of apartments needing over $500k in repairs.
At the current funding pace, only ~1 billion/year, it would take city hall about 70–80 years to fix today’s backlog. Repairs aren’t keeping up with decay
Median household net worth by age in the U.S. (based on 2022/2023 Federal Reserve data)
Under 35: $39k
35–44: $135k
45–54: $247k
55–64: $364k
65–74: $410k
75+: $335k
154,000+ NYC public school students experienced homelessness last year. That’s 1 in 7 kids
a crisis larger than the entire Dallas school system. These kids are living in shelters, motels, or "doubled up" with other families
The new 9-mile Newark/Essex-Hudson Greenway is a missed transit opportunity. Light rail or PATH expansion sould have connected Montclair directly to Jersey City/NYC, alleviating massive congestion on local roads and providing a fast alternative to driving
If you want lower prices, you need more supply. Subsidizing demand for something we restrict building, housing, transportation, energy, child care, just bids prices up. Price controls and central planning treat the symptom, not the disease. The cure is building to calm prices
Why is everyone in Brooklyn parking right in front of fire hydrants? 🚒🧯 If there’s a fire, firefighters need that hydrant fast. Blocking it costs lives. because street parking is free, people hog spots forever, leaving no room, so others park illegally. We need paid parking and real enforcement.
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With bad NYC private-sector job numbers, rising unemployment & a push for higher taxes, what’s the plan to stop a business exodus?
Not more government grocery stores. What’s city hall doing to bring in 200,000 new jobs this year?
California politicians want a "wealth tax" on rich people.
But they keep Prop 13, which gives the biggest tax breaks to the wealthiest homeowners.
A $10 million mansion paid almost the same property tax as a dilapidated $531k fixer-upper.
Something doesn't add up.
Prop 13 in California helps landlords who own rental properties.
That means:
✅ Landlord property tax is capped at 1%
✅ It can only go up 2% a year
✅ Even as rents skyrocketed, their taxes stay low
✅ No reason to sell and lose the subsidy, so fewer homes are available to buy
1) new governor without ties to the games
2) NJ budget problems
3) worse NJtransit budget problems
4) desire to keep tourists in NJ at local hotels and Airbnb
5) Philly did not raise prices BTW
6) typical NJ politics (mafia like)
1) new governor without ties to the games
2) NJ budget problems
3) worse NJtransit budget problems
4) desire to keep tourists in NJ at local hotels and Airbnb
5) Philly did not raise prices BTW
6) typical NJ politics (mafia like)
In NYC the jobless rate among young college graduates between the ages of 22 and 27 is 6.5%, almost the same as for young New Yorkers between 22 and 27 without a degree.
comptroller.nyc.gov/reports/what...
Mounting solar on parking lots is roughly 75% to 100% more expensive than ground-mounted systems in fields.
It’s about $3–$4+/watt for carports vs ~$1–$2/watt for field arrays due to:
🏗️ Heavier structural steel
🔧 Deeper foundations
💼 More labor
In just the first half of 2025, China installed more new solar power than America put in over decades
How much will city hall increase NYC native born unemployment over the next 4 years? It’s 12.4% unemployed today
Manhattan’s population peaked in 1910 at 2.33 million residents. Today it’s only 1.7 million, so there’s easily room for 600,000 new Manhattanites today! Time to grow back
What if NYC used builder’s remedy on rent-stabilized buildings?
Owners could demolish & rebuild, adding up to 30x the units (all market rate) if feasible. Current residents get temp place and return to a home in the same spot w same rent. Market-rate revenue covers all costs + services
🏭 Industrial Revolution → physical health crisis (factories)
🚗 Automobile era → suburban + environmental crisis
📲 Social media era → cognitive + social crisis
Each time:
New technology → misaligned incentives → externalities → eventual correction
Parks are better with skyscrapers 🌲
If a category 5 hurricane hit South Florida this summer causing $150 billion in damage, do you think FEMA would be deployed and would the federal government provide financial aid?
How about NJ or CA?
Millionaire ($1M+ income) households are rising everywhere, but not equally.
Since ~2013 (adjusting for inflation):
Florida has grown the fastest (about 3–4x), driven by in-migration.
Texas is next (about 3x), powered by jobs & business growth
New York has grown more slowly (about 2x) & losing share
Why is NYC starting to run its finances like early stage Bernie madoff. Ya’ll ain’t got no watchdog? The comptroller be sweating
NYC’s unemployment rate is now the highest in all of New York State, and higher than the national average.
High-paying private sector jobs? Falling
Meanwhile, tax-funded jobs in health and education are the only ones growing
www.newyorkfed.org/medialibrary...
Towns say: “You can build, but only 1 home.”
The Constitution says: “No unfair deals.”
A duplex adds a little impact. The city bans it completely.
That’s not fair. That’s not proportional.
Under Nollan v. California Coastal Commission, that should be illegal.
Is allbirds the new bitcoin
We need Readmaxxing
Algorithms should be boosting smart stuff not stare stuff
Why do you think there were so many more anti-war protests on US college campuses in 2024 (when we weren’t at war) than in 2026.