Mandami

Quote: odiousgambit

He will have trouble getting the things he wants, of course

picking a few,

Rent control has been done before, and in fact exists for a few in NYC, so I think Mumdummy will get some sort of extension on that

Some token subsidized new housing, other token affordable housing ideas will happen

City-run grocery stores with lower prices? I hope so since it will another reminder of how socialist ideas in this realm become a joke, it will be ration coupons galore with attendant empty shelves, or if not a complete scandal as a monumental money loser

Free bus rides? Something will happen here, soon deemed to be unsatisfactory especially for those who used to use buses

no cost child care ... not a chance, maybe a few low income people will be selected for subsidizing, for show. Other education changes will be token or not enacted at all.

quotes from https://www.zohranfornyc.com/platform

"the Mamdani administration will provide new parents and guardians with a collection of essential goods and resources, free of charge, including items like diapers, baby wipes, nursing pads, post-partum pads, swaddles, and books." Something token is always possible, but in any kind of scale this ain't happening

" The Mamdani administration will protect LGBTQIA+ New Yorkers by expanding and protecting gender-affirming care citywide, making NYC an LGBTQIA+ sanctuary city, and creating the Office of LGBTQIA+ Affairs." This will be completely enacted in full, except the alphabet soup is too restricted and under criticism will expand to the full alpahabet plus some others, like Cyrillic

Healthcare ideas will not happen, except more abortion facilities

Quote: Gandler

https://www.ruralgrocery.org/learn/publications/case-studies/

Basically all of these are rural towns/cities of less than a 1000 (usually way less.) And, virtually all are deep red.

Kansas has several. Florida had one (closed in 2024.). Wisconsin is in the process of opening one. Illinois has several, and not just in Chicago, rural areas...

And, if you count military commissaries (grocery stores on military bases), the federal government owns a large chain of grocery stores.

So, no, it is not unheard of. Most locally owned ones are in red areas, usually when a town is so small or remote it is not worth a company to open a full service grocery store.

I have no issue with NYC opening their own chain of grocery stores as well.

Quote: AZDuffman

Can't at all compare a grocery in a small, rural area with opening them in a major metro. Not remotely the same thing. Tons of different problems. And trying to bring a military base commissary into it is more than intellectually dishonest, it is silly.

Groceries in metro areas usually go out of business due to shrink. They get shoplifted to death. The business is there, not the case for the "red" examples you give. And having one "government" grocery in a very rural area is not the same as a city opening a chain of them.

NYC opening grocery stores is a horrible idea. It will be a money sink and take a decade to get out of the business.

Quote: odiousgambit

Rent control has been done before, and in fact exists for a few in NYC, so I think Mumdummy will get some sort of extension on that

Quote: Tanko

There are about 20,000 rent controlled apartments in NYC, and nearly one million rent stabilized apartments. Mandami lives in one with his wife.

2 to 2.5 million million NYC residents live in rent stabilized apartments.

There's a milion votes right there.

Landlords oppose a freeze because their costs of ownership increase every year.

'While rental affordability has worsened considerably in New York City in recent years, price escalation is even worse in the homeownership market.... Put another way, median rent has increased 32%, while the median homeownership price has increased 74%.'

https://comptroller.nyc.gov/reports/spotlight-new-york-citys-homeowner-housing-market/

Quote: SOOPOO

I think the city owned grocery stores rank among his worst ideas. There are those supermarket/grocery stores/bodega owners that opened their stores in good faith expecting to have competition from other such stores. How does one compete with the tax dollar subsidized ones Mamdani wants to build? The silly examples of rural tax funded stores are for where there are NO such stores!

NYState has already lost hunks of the top earners due to the ridiculously high State Income Tax. Add the expected increase in NYC’s income tax (yes, NYC has its own added income tax!) and expect the exodus to increase.

Now that I think about it, I’m among the ones who left. My radiology friend just left to Pennsylvania of all places. 3 separate friends all hit the trail to Vegas. Another ex anesthesiology partner just moved to Venice, Florida.

You tax someone to give others free or subsidized stuff, they leave if it’s feasible. With the ‘work from home’ availability that keeps expanding, and the availability of low/no tax states like Nevada/Florida, expect the Blue state exodus to continue.

Quote: terapined1

Elections have consequences
When Trumpers CAN'T deal with reality
They turn to anecdotal stories that are meaningless
The reality is top earners are not leaving
They Love NYC just like Tanko
Tanko ain't leaving

From AI
"Data shows that top earners leave New York State at a much lower rate than other income groups and tend to move to other high-tax states, with migration patterns unaffected by tax increases. While there was a temporary increase in high-earner departures during the pandemic, migration rates returned to pre-Covid levels in 2022. In recent years, middle and lower-income earners have left the state at higher rates than the wealthiest residents. "