Demand for NYC in general and Manhattan in particular is recursive and reflexive (look up George Soros reflexivity!). Ratchet down a price point (however you do it!) and you will ratchet up demand to bring you back to and above that previous inflation-adjusted price point, because the more people you've brought in via your ratcheted-down price point will be so productive and exciting as to make NYC even more attractive and expensive as a city. That is just reality. Mamdani cannot make NYC broadly "affordable." He can do a lot both good and bad but that is not it.

Called 311 to report this person at the bus stop right now on Madison between 49 and 50. This is not working well. You have to sit through a long spiel of nonsense on 311 before the fake AI cannot understand the term “code blue” twice to wait for a human operator to transfer you to 911 to wait to talk to an ambulance.

Good thing buses aren’t an important form of transportation!