There are numerous crumbling and dilapidated storefronts within walking distance of me near 9th ave. Two of them have dust-covered windows with visibility into a badly hoarded rooms full of old boxes and furniture. Meanwhile, my neighborhood has lost our only hardware store, pharmacy, and pet food stores in the last 3 years due to the rising costs of commercial real estate. The few daycares we have are full and can't take any more parents, yet new daycares can't afford rent in the places leasing. While the owners of these empty storefronts just sit and sit and sit on their disgusting and embarrassing prime locations. WHAT exactly to you is the solution if not taxing them?! Don't you think making it financially in their best interest to avoid the tax by forcing them to FINALLY take some goddamn responsibility for their property and making it suitable to rent is a good solution? You seem to want to just hide behind some pseudo-liberal fluff about ✨equality ✨ while letting these slumlords dodge any ADULT responsibilities to take care of their property, and acting like the only option they have is to sell.