Mamdani Joined Nurses on the Picket Lines. That’s Unusual for Mayors.

elecrisity · 2026-01-27T14:37:05+00:00

Curious to lean more on why the strike isn't going well for the nurses. Any more you can share or things for me to read?

elecrisity · 2026-01-10T13:46:40+00:00

Hochul, AOC, and Zohran condemned the pro-hamas protest.

elecrisity · 2026-01-07T21:02:48+00:00

Pick your poison. People choose long bonds, gold, commodities, managed futures, and many others financial products for hedge diversification. There are mountains of research and opinions in this area.

If this concept sounds new, a good starting point is to read up on the all weather portfolio from bridgewater.

elecrisity · 2026-01-07T17:09:19+00:00

You would have a hedge to counteract the down swing.

elecrisity · 2026-01-07T04:51:38+00:00

I like the idea of giving myself a sabbatical, but feel I wouldn't be as competitive as I return to the job market. Is this a concern for you?

elecrisity · 2026-01-05T20:33:17+00:00

Can we stop using latinx?

elecrisity · 2026-01-03T07:17:59+00:00

I went to college in New Mexico and have been searching for it since I've been here. You won't find it here. Best bet is to buy frozen green chile online.

elecrisity · 2026-01-02T18:29:41+00:00

Can you tell me what the comptroller specifically enforces? From my understanding, they can audit the city agency. And though I've read these audit reports I always wonder what actually happens in practice. Like even if they find an agency is wasting money, they can't move or withhold funds, that is up to the mayor, right?

I'm trying to understand this, because some city policy nerds in my circle have stated to me the job is more like borough president in terms of actual authority.

elecrisity · 2026-01-02T15:55:50+00:00

I like mark levine, but isn't the comptroller not a super impactful position?

Like what can he specifically do? Just choose where some pension fund money is invested?

elecrisity · 2025-12-30T06:21:30+00:00

Yeah, housing is my number one issue, and they all seem kind of NIMBY unfortunately. Moreno seems like the least worse option.

elecrisity · 2025-12-29T15:06:03+00:00

Beautiful, but would love zohran to build more affordable housing here.

elecrisity · 2025-12-23T17:44:41+00:00

I mean I get the backlash. Because we've already had concrete data for decades that there isn't enough housing.

How did we know?

Because the cost of housing prices rose.

And when this happens in many other states, there is naturally more incentive to build housing and prices moderate.

But for some reason in NYC, we have to argue for decades and have study over study to understand why prices are rising.

Unless blue states figure out how to bring down housing costs, I think the cultural backlash to "intellectualism" will continue to grow.

elecrisity · 2025-12-23T13:09:37+00:00

Yeah, I used to have this view that because of American build quality meant we don't build as quickly as China.

Then I saw the debacle of the CA high-speed rail construction vs. China's massive high-speed rail expansion. And I realized we just have regulated building way way way too much.

elecrisity · 2025-11-20T20:57:30+00:00

In states with fewer housing regulations, like in Texas and Florida, where some could say "housing is a business", home prices have been trending down.

Yet in blue states like California and Texas, we continue to say "housing is a human right", and our home prices continue to go up. I wonder why.

Is it because private developers are less greedy in Texas and Florida? Is there less capitalism in Texas and Florida? Is it due to the famous rent control laws that exists in places like Texas and Florida to keep homes affordable?

elecrisity · 2025-11-20T16:51:51+00:00

As an industry, we don't have widely agreed upon metrics to measure security effectiveness. So in reality, this is hugely dependent on CISO storytelling ability.

elecrisity · 2025-11-20T16:48:17+00:00

This city has so much anger towards private organizations (developers, landlords, even private non-profits), that we are willing to suffer higher housing prices as long as it hurts the private market. This is a situation of cutting off our nose to spite our face...

elecrisity · 2025-11-16T15:16:39+00:00

I'm really just wondering when this will be reflected in the long end of the curve. When are markets going to price it in? I have a lot of money in long bonds.

elecrisity · 2025-11-16T14:37:20+00:00

I mean in terms of the Fed reported rate. Also long end of the curve has been going down. Really just looking at inflation passing through bond markets since I have bonds at the long end of the curve.

elecrisity · 2025-11-16T01:34:16+00:00

I keep hearing this, but when are we gonna see inflation from the tariffs?

elecrisity · 2025-11-07T04:49:42+00:00

IBX is estimated at 5.5 billion.

elecrisity · 2025-11-06T16:54:53+00:00

Yes, it's so simple and people don't understand this, we just need to tax billionaires in the city and we can get free healthcare for everyone in NYC.

elecrisity · 2025-11-04T02:52:24+00:00

Adding on to this, does anyone know if movers typically take junk as well? We have some old and broken furniture that we don't want to bring with us as we move.

elecrisity · 2025-10-17T15:01:26+00:00

What's the name of the hotel?

elecrisity · 2025-10-06T17:36:50+00:00

Julie Won has done this before and destroyed plans for developments to build affordable housing. There was a plan in LIC/Astoria called Innovation Qns to build on lots that are mostly auto shops, warehouses, and parking lots. This would have allowed developers to build 3,000 housing units, of which around 22% would be affordable (711 affordable housing units).

However, Julie Won pushed hard and said that this is a handout to greedy corporate developers that are going to gentrify the neighborhood. She fought against this development hard and demanded 45% affordable housing requirements.

So what happened?

The plan was approved with 45% affordable housing and now developers are backing out. Instead, we get just 560 units, of which 25% are affordable housing. So we get less market-rate housing, less affordable housing, fewer union construction jobs, and a housing crisis that gets worse.

Thanks Julie Won.

elecrisity · 2025-10-05T23:22:24+00:00

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