R&E Political Discussion 2026

R&E Political Discussion 2026
[ R&E Political Discussion 2026 ]

Rent freeze in NYC

Posted by Gustavo on October 1, 2026, 5:58 am

Finally something for American families

https://www.timeout.com/newyork/news/mayor-mamdani-froze-rent-stabilized-rents-in-nyc-for-two-years-here-is-what-that-actually-means-062626

Watch for increased homelessness.

Posted by DFM on October 1, 2026, 12:31 pm, in reply to "Rent freeze in NYC"

Georgetown did a study on the adverse effects of rent control

Posted by Arwen on October 1, 2026, 7:59 am, in reply to "Rent freeze in NYC"

https://www.law.georgetown.edu/poverty-journal/blog/when-good-intentions-backfire-how-new-yorks-rent-laws-harm-the-most-vulnerable/

They hurt the same people who they were designed to protect.

These studies you cling to as fact

Posted by Gustavo on October 3, 2026, 5:08 am, in reply to "Georgetown did a study on the adverse effects of rent control"

are actually theoretical opinions.

Yes. They are peer-reviewed theories based on facts.

Posted by Arwen on October 3, 2026, 5:49 am, in reply to "These studies you cling to as fact"

Feel free to use facts to disprove then if you can.

You are certainly entitled to your own opinion, but you aren’t entitled to your own facts.

FYI

Posted by Gustavo on October 3, 2026, 6:23 am, in reply to "Yes. They are peer-reviewed theories based on facts."

I am actually in the General Contracting Business.

I am on the ground and know everything that goes on in the housing industry.

Those studies are not accurate.

Posted by Arwen on October 3, 2026, 6:41 am, in reply to "FYI"

You might know that a house usually needs carpet.

That’s about it.

Don’t start your shit Ju Ju

Posted by Gustavo on October 3, 2026, 6:59 am, in reply to "BS"

Start being civil or it won’t end well for you.

I hereby (civilly) call out your lies.

Posted by Arwen on October 3, 2026, 7:04 am, in reply to "Don’t start your shit Ju Ju"

You also claimed to have a PhD in engineering.

You had a carpet business in New Jersey.

Ok, if that’s the way you want it

Posted by Gustavo on October 3, 2026, 7:27 am, in reply to "I hereby (civilly) call out your lies."

two can play the same game. No holds barred.

I realize how difficult it is for you to keep track of all your lies.

Posted by Arwen on October 3, 2026, 7:42 am, in reply to "Ok, if that’s the way you want it"

You have a lot of sock puppets to manage.

http://mb.boardhost.com/Bi-PartisanPolitics/msg/1779718863.html

http://mb.boardhost.com/Bi-PartisanPolitics/msg/1783084191.html

http://mb.boardhost.com/Bi-PartisanPolitics/msg/1788122831.html

http://mb.boardhost.com/Bi-PartisanPolitics/msg/1789660756.html

Claiming you are a general contractor in an attempt to fake expertise that you do not possess is consistent with claims that you and your sock puppets have made here, but it doesn’t change the fact that you owned/own a carpet business as you claimed when you posted as “Mike Scalise.”

http://mb.boardhost.com/Bi-PartisanPolitics/msg/1779499723.html

You have weaved quite a tangled web, Mike.

You can get mad if you want, but it was your choice.

Will that increase available housing?

Posted by Ken C on October 1, 2026, 7:10 am, in reply to "Rent freeze in NYC"
Edited by board administrator October 1, 2026, 7:13 am

I still think he has had good intentions, but I disagree with his plans. I think they should reduce regulations and make it easier and more profitable to build more homes.

increase available housing?

Posted by mender on October 2, 2026, 5:40 am, in reply to "Will that increase available housing?"

You ever have the thought that Donald makes most of his
decisions based upon what will it put in Donald’s pocket
because you know that Donald Trump does what Donald
Trump thinks is good for Donald Trump*, or do you find it
much easier just to be A-OK n peachy-keen with it ? 🤔

*
n the rest of us be damned

I am not a Trump supporter, I think he is worse than previous Republican presidents.

Posted by Ken C on October 2, 2026, 10:10 am, in reply to " increase available housing?"

If I ever criticize a liberal politician, that does not mean I support Trump.

It will allow tenants to stay in their apts longer

Posted by Gustavo on October 1, 2026, 7:40 am, in reply to "Will that increase available housing?"

without the lease price gouging.

The data support your point.

Posted by Arwen on October 1, 2026, 7:39 am, in reply to "Will that increase available housing?"

About 10 percent of New York's rent-stabilized buildings have operating costs that exceed their revenues. Worse yet almost 60,000 rent-stabilized apartments sit empty because their owners can't afford to renovate them and put them back on the market. Bankruptcies of rent-stabilized buildings continue to rise each year because of rent price control policies enacted in 2019.

Because of government-mandated rent controls, capital for new construction is gravitating to communities that allow the market to determine pricing. When construction happens elsewhere, important jobs are lost in communities that need them.

Socialism sucks.

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