Recently pushed laws by progressives and dems do suck imo. Good intention but horrible execution, ill thought out and plenty of unforeseen consequences.

Add to your above examples- right to speedy trial by x days but do nothing to address staffing of DA offices that are already backlog to make deadlines set by speedy trial reform possible or properly account for unforeseen catastrophic delays like a pandemic.

2019 rent reforms that limit amount of repairs/updates costs that can be recoup by owners is another.

Ban on background checks in employment that lead to higher employment requirements & higher rejections of minorities to avoid asking about criminal past

Good cause eviction proposal - leads to more housing discrimination especially for families and minorities plus , higher requirements for renting. Also will drive market to create smaller housing options bc no reason to build 2BR/3RB over a studio/1BR bc the faster the tenant moves out the faster they can raise rent under proposal. The larger the unit, more likely tenant with families stay longer limiting rent increase potential.

Proposal ban on background checks for renting - see how well ban on background check working out great in the workplace.

Universal pre-k - sounds great but no plans to fund program outside of expiring grants.

Would like to add electrification of heating and gas ban- which will lead to the cost and liability of heating pass to tenants, higher cost to maintain existing gas equipment which leads to phasing out but cost be pass onto tenants once again.

List goes on.ppl that create/propose these laws don't look beyond the few trees and fail to see the forest.

Doing little or nothing would be an improvement to what they currently do.

When those people gain any power, they actually enact laws and policies to make the problems worse (housing, jail conditions, mental health, homelessness, education, .....)

It's a disgrace to call those people progressive. They only want the appearance of being progressive. In reality, they are setting our society backwards.

That's why I call them fake-progressives and put "progressive" between quotes when referring to them.

Yes, a lot of progressives are finding out that backing slogans requires a lot of money, money that often isn't there or can't be prioritized toward their pet projects.

Perhaps leveraging some of the market forces to this benefit would reduce the need for these costs. Perhaps if we opened up construction for new housing, rent increases would slow and evictions could go down naturally? If only.

i seriously doubt that anyone who says "housing is a human right" is saying "not here". NIMBY's don't believe that. And YIMBY's that whine and bloviate over building housing for the top end of the market but it's ok because there are 5 tax abated low-income apartments (btw those tax abatements expire and those apartments become market rate after like 10 years most of the time) are just as bad.

the "housing is a human right" crowd generally propose building more public housing, and expropriating buildings from landlords (happened in the 70s, creating HDFC co-ops, probably the only actually affordable middle class housing in nyc outside of, idk, co-op city or stuytown's regulated apartments).

like, what do you think is better, man? no right to an attorney and you can't get one? vs. a right to an attorney and you eventually will, you're just fucked in the mean time? come on, what is this bullshit post, you think people would be better off without their legal rights even if they can't use them instantly?