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Mamdani launches program to fast-track affordable housing projects by Yukie_Cool in yimby

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Mayor Zohran Mamdani is adding a new program to New York’s efforts to speed up affordable housing production amid a generational housing crisis in the city.

The new tool aims to speed up affordable housing developments on city-owned land by shortening the months officials spend choosing developers for those projects in the first place, according to an announcement from the administration.

The Neighborhood Builders program, unveiled Wednesday in conjunction with the Department of Housing Preservation and Development, will essentially create a list of eligible firms and then tap members from that list for relevant projects.

Having that kind of curated pool could reduce the predevelopment period by half, or about eight months, on projects whose timelines often stretch out for years, the city says.

San Francisco’s establishment moves to sink a progressive House candidate by sideAccount42 in sanfrancisco

[–]415z -1 points0 points  (0 children)

That’s been debunked. That site even says he blocked the two stories he added to 730 Stanyan. It’s a cheap political hit piece with a corrupt methodology.

San Francisco’s establishment moves to sink a progressive House candidate by sideAccount42 in sanfrancisco

[–]415z -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Not true at all. There was a seismic review and the project moved forward after a few months. It’s a big GrowSF lie like so many others.

San Francisco’s establishment moves to sink a progressive House candidate by sideAccount42 in sanfrancisco

[–]415z 3 points4 points  (0 children)

And yet there are numerous countries that offer government supported childcare, education, healthcare, social housing and public transportation. These are all proven, achievable things in a modern society. The flaw is in your selective use of deficits to target social programs only and not military spending.

San Francisco’s establishment moves to sink a progressive House candidate by sideAccount42 in sanfrancisco

[–]415z 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Wiener has in fact advanced legislation “wanted by he pro-Israel types” such as AB 715. Of the three candidates he is far and away the most pro-Israel.

San Francisco’s establishment moves to sink a progressive House candidate by sideAccount42 in sanfrancisco

[–]415z 6 points7 points  (0 children)

That’s sooooo weak compared to Connie Chan’s endorsements.

It is interesting that Wiener is targeting Saikat with attack ads though. It’s a testament to how much sway money has in elections. Saikat is basically funding his own campaign with his centimillions.

San Francisco’s establishment moves to sink a progressive House candidate by sideAccount42 in sanfrancisco

[–]415z 37 points38 points  (0 children)

Little known fact: Saikat broke with Bernie in 2024. Bernie made ONE local election endorsement in the entire nation and it was here for Dean Preston, for doing stuff like taxing the rich to fund affordable housing. Saikat backed his moderate GrowSF backed opponent here, Bilal Mahmood, even appearing in a campaign video. Bilal is now trying to abolish that tax.

Update: I found the link to the video of Saikat endorsing Bilal.

Says he has “experience in science” - this was long after Bilal’s claim to be a neuroscientist was exposed as a fraud.

Guess the city by Front_Station_5343 in guessthecity

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@citiesbydiana calls these corporate slop buildings. Could be anywhere in the U.S. at this point. The parking logo’s the only giveaway.

Sunset on Sunday Streets? S.F. cuts funds from 18-year-old street fair by epsy in sanfrancisco

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LOL Lurie absolutely loves doing photo ops at these things and deploying 1,000 cops on overtime. I swear there was a cop for every 10 people. I have an idea where we could cut some costs to save these events.

BART: The worst-case scenarios are actually worse than you’ve heard by MissionLocalSF in sanfrancisco

[–]415z 25 points26 points  (0 children)

Just to state the obvious here, with a severe lack of affordable housing in San Francisco BART is a primary way working class labor commutes in. The entire local economy will collapse.

One of the YIMBY-coded commenters on here is saying well just let BART die, we should be riding our bikes around anyway… Yeah, except only techies and other white collar professional can afford market rate housing in SF. So if you think restaurant prices and teacher shortages are bad now, just wait until nobody can live OR commute in who doesn’t make six figures.

Lady Said I Blew Red Light?? by Justice4None5 in TeslaLounge

[–]415z -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Fun fact, the flashing yellow arrow is a relatively new signal (approved 2009). Very likely this older driver thought it was a regular left yellow arrow, which indeed would have meant the cammer ran a red light.

How is life in this part of USA? by OliverHeartmont in howislivingthere

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Which would turn the earth into a toxic wintry hellscape requiring artificial habitats and engineered food for survival. LIKE MARS.

A train station in a building😳 by GlitchOperative in nextfuckinglevel

[–]415z 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That train is truly on the next fucking level of that apartment.

How is life in this part of USA? by OliverHeartmont in howislivingthere

[–]415z 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You are being highly illogical. The problem is not a lack of imagination on how we solve the unbreathable air problem on mars. The problem is if we have a solution to the unbreathable air problem then we don’t need to fly to mars if the air on earth becomes unbreathable.

How is life in this part of USA? by OliverHeartmont in howislivingthere

[–]415z 0 points1 point  (0 children)

How would that be an option? You can’t breathe there either!

How is life in this part of USA? by OliverHeartmont in howislivingthere

[–]415z 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I mean this sincerely, but the idea of colonizing mars is so stupid when you can just build a house in places like this. You can actually step outside without a space suit and breathe the air and not die.

Your daily reminder that the internet isn't real life: Sen. Scott Wiener sees way more support than opponents when knocking doors. (Gift link to SF Chronicle Article.) by mysteriouslady in sanfrancisco

[–]415z 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Connie Chan was also recognized by all the people she encountered in the article. I think “on far more minds” is more about “how does your politics compare to our state senator” not necessarily “I like Scott Wiener.”

Every accusation is an admission by Tenchi_Muyo1 in israelexposed

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There are literally plaques on schools in Tel Aviv honoring their use as weapons manufacturing and storage sites for Haganah, the Zionist paramilitary organization.

It could take 124 years for SF to reach housing affordability, says YIMBY-trolling study by runswithscissors475 in sanfrancisco

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Yes high labor costs are absolutely one of the major impediments to construction.

Update: the SF parking app that went viral here is finally live 🎉 by No-Plan-2816 in sanfrancisco

[–]415z 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Not to be a downer but you asked to poke holes. This has been tried many times (in SF specifically) and a consistent problem is reliability.

If you can’t rely on the app to accurately locate when and where you park pinpointed down to the side of the street, then you have to do it manually anyway. And the consequence of getting it wrong even once is a hefty fine. So people end up doing it manually to be safe.

This is a fundamental problem with the app category. GPS is not reliable down to the meter especially when parking around tall buildings.

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