Its the omission of context that's the blatant dishonesty. City finances - no mention of the commercial vacancy rate, covid era wage increases. Crime - no mention of Covid, policing protests, national trends. Schools - no reference to source of students by housing types data, which is available.
The flooding presents no evidence tying floodingto new development which has to be at least stormwater neutral. The crime discussion (and where is the data?) ignores larger national trends. And does he really think new market units drive crime?
Quickly - the discussion of finances ignores the covid era collapse of the office market - new residential has helped offset that. The school enrollment numbers ignore where those students come from. The traffic claim cites no data.
While I support managed lanes in principle, there are many details to be worked out here - transit on the bridge, moving the bottleneck, and support for transportation alternatives. I hope there's a stronger proposal next year.
Mamdani couldn't win a statewide election in Virginia. He'd have difficulty winning an election in our bluer counties. He MAY be the future in NYC (but look at how many bright future mayors of NY flamed out while in office) but not in swing or even light blue states.
Evidence that's true in the real world, not on social media? Im in Virginia. Our candidate for governor, establishment (though not elderly) is running ahead of her less establishment ticket mates.
In the 1930s "Palestinian" was a geographic term, not ethnic. Jews who lived in the British Mandate territory of Palestine were Palestinian Jews, as distinct from Palestinian Arabs. Golda Meir used to make that point. Schumer though is an American from Brooklyn.
E. Pedestrianizing King further will be a challenge, not only because parking, but bus routes. But creating a shared street/woonerf there is an alternative.
Biking of course makes that far easier. The steps you outline to make car free/car lite easier are good ones. Id add - A. Implementing planned BRT lines B. Advancing a connected low stress bike network C. Reducing speed limits on certain arterials where that hasnt happened yet.
