Not relevant to our immigration policy. Like it or not, countries act in their best interest.

And what the fuck do you think happens when their asylum case is denied, as is the case the vast majority of time? They just get up and leave?

NYC is seeing first hand why fiscal reality > feelings. Hopefully the bleeding hearts wake the fuck up but I am not holding my breath.

Well yea, clearly those taco trucks are more important! /s

Need to find this fucker and put him in prison.

Ok and? Are you saying people who don't pay rent should get priority to live in the most expensive city in the world over people who can?

Forget city programs that is supposed to help a needy person. Programs that are supposed to benefit everyone barely functions. DMV anyone?

If the cops were white, the response would be very different.

Is this like when the city promised free housing attorneys?

>City officials did not immediately provide details about how the program will work

Well I think that answers it.

To what end? What justice is the dog's owner seeking here?

What is the issue?

I believe it. It's also the dickheads who call a Uber and make them wait 5 minutes so all other cars have to go around, effectively making 2 lanes into 1.

Then make it so the first 2 or 3 violations get tossed out.

I admit I speed all the fucking time but I pay the fine if I get a ticket.

The lawlessness in the city just has to stop. If we need to start impounding cars, then so be it.

This is a reality show at this point.

While true, I doubt the people bitching about this price increase can afford the annual fee on CSR.

How do you slip onto the tracks in a suicide attempt? Either you slip and it was an accident or you want to commit suicide and you didn't slip at all.

Who the fuck wrote this lol.

I don't know if that is the path we want 21 year olds on.

Valuation is based on listed rent, not actual rent.

You will be spending more on the mortgage. There is no scenario where your mortgage and rent is the same for a similar unit in the same neighborhood in NYC unless you put an obscene amount of money down (money people don't have), especially with today's interest rates. On a 30 year mortgage with 20% down, your interest payments will exceed your loan with today's rates.

Add in taxes, HOA fees, maintenance, and buying/selling costs.

But that's besides the point because you aren't going to get anyone to invest capital to build the $400M apartment building in the first place.

Because I am responding to someone who thinks an asset can both create wealth and be affordable. The only way an asset can be affordable is for it to not appreciate.

If you want homes to be affordable, you can't have a system that treats it as an asset that goes up in value.

And what do you think happens if that asset never goes up in value and charges you interest and taxes every year? Do you think your wealth is going up or down?

And more importantly, who is going to invest to build this in the first place if the value never goes up? It's like asking people to invest their 401k in an asset with 0 growth.

You guys are living in a fantasy.

Claiming a home accumulates wealth even if it never appreciates is like saying your wealth goes up in a savings account that pays 0 interest and charges you $1k a month in fees.

So what happens when said long term tenant wants to move after 10 years before fully owning the home they rent?

Or what happens when the long term tenant has essentially bought out the LL (which is what you are implying if a long term renter can own the home they rent) and wants to move?

What price would they put the unit on market for if there is no wealth accumulation (price increase)?

You can't have a system where housing is both a source of wealth accumulation and affordable.

That's debatable. Lot of people don't like BLM. And no, people don't have to be racist to not like BLM.

You are conflating rhetoric with action.

It's easy to be "friendly" and say the right things when it doesn't cost anything. When it starts costing votes? Think you get the point.

So I guess if by "immigrant friendly" you mean bunch of feel good statements without substance, you would be on point. Democrats have certainly mastered it (see the free housing lawyers they promised without giving as much a second of thought as to how they are going to retain a supply of highly trained lawyers).