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buzzardb267 said:

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I can see a sudden proliferation of Somali non-profits spring up in NYC!

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"Look at me - I'm the landlord now."

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New York: The Big Apple A-hole

HTownAg98 said:

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BusterAg said:

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Burdizzo said:

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Thank you SCOTUS for the Kelo decision.

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This was my first thought.

Maybe SCOTUS can roll back part of KELO here? Limit it to uselessness? That would be great.

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Most states passed laws after Kelo that effectively nullified it.

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Did New York?

DG-Ag said:

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And I'm sure they will have a very narrow definition of "chronic neglect."

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Fortunately they defined that term in the proposed law.

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[4. "] Distressed property.["Any] The term "distressed property" means any parcel of class [one] 1 or class [two] 2 real property that is subject to a tax lien or liens that result from an environmental control board judgment against the owner of such parcel for a building code violation with a lien or liens to value ratio, as determined by the commissioner of finance, equal to or greater than 25 percent or any parcel of class [one] 1 or class [two] 2 real property that is subject to a tax lien or liens with a lien or liens to value ratio, as determined by the commissioner of finance, equal to or greater than [fifteen] 15 percent and that meets [one] 1 of the following [two] 2 criteria:
[i.] 1. such parcel has an average of [five] 5 or more hazardous or immediately hazardous violations of record of the housing maintenance code per dwelling unit; or
[ii.] 2. such parcel is subject to a lien or liens for any expenses incurred by the department of housing preservation and development for the repair or the elimination of any dangerous or unlawful conditions therein, pursuant to section 27-2144 [of this code], in an amount equal to or greater than [one thousand dollars] $1000.

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Allah has taken over NYC

Captain Pablo said:

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HTownAg98 said:

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BusterAg said:

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Burdizzo said:

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Thank you SCOTUS for the Kelo decision.

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This was my first thought.

Maybe SCOTUS can roll back part of KELO here? Limit it to uselessness? That would be great.

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Most states passed laws after Kelo that effectively nullified it.

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Did New York?

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Funny you ask, but New York was one of the few that didn't. I'm not sure Kelo would actually be applicable here.

Logos Stick said:

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From today...

basically announcing his plan to transfer ownership of buildings with chronic neglect from landlords to non-profits, community land trusts, or tenants as "responsible stewards."


Goodbye demand and property prices in NYC!

NOW: Mamdani says his admin will transfer ownership from bad landlords to non-profits.

“For buildings that have suffered chronic neglect, we will work to transfer ownership to responsible stewards.

Stewards that include community land trusts, non-profits, or even the tenants… pic.twitter.com/YHhzGWPgWh

— Brecca Stoll (@breccastoll) May 26, 2026

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There are a lot of entitled faces in this pic.

This is straight up bull***** Who defines neglect? This mother****er needs to be kicked out of the country!

If this is via not for profits why do they need momdani at all? These orgs can go on Zillow and buy whatever they want if they think they'll do such a bang up job

I bet NY buildings are in for an unprecedented amount of lightning strikes in the near future.

Martels Hammer said:

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I bet NY buildings are in for an unprecedented amount of lightning strikes in the near future.

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I'd be tempted to burn the place down and collect insurance than to have it stolen by the city, no doubt.

MaxPower said:

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If this is via not for profits why do they need momdani at all? These orgs can go on Zillow and buy whatever they want if they think they'll do such a bang up job

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Which is kind of why COPA is dumb in the first place. It won't do anything they think it will. The only hope they have of it actually working is if a property is way behind on taxes, the seller may be motivated just to get rid of it if the not for profit makes a reasonable offer.

MouthBQ98 said:

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Unconstitutional

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Yep. That idiot is, as usual is foaming at the mouth for his rabid base of islamo commies. Wake me when he actually pulls it off.

This idiot got elected because of the amount of Muslims and all of the 20-30s liberal freaks that live in that city. Sadly, he's going to run a lot of business owners out of that city and will continue to get reelected until he chooses to run for a higher office.

"We'll transition from treating property as an individual good to a collective good. Whites especially will be impacted."

- Cea Weaver, NYC's tenant director

pic.twitter.com/angP3NPZLD

— End Wokeness (@EndWokeness) May 26, 2026

superaggie73 said:

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I don't see any way in hell that it can stand up in court. It's 100% unconstitutional.

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Today's eminent domain laws say hello. They just need to pay the "Appraisal Value" and do the paperwork correct

Supreme Court case on this New London iirc. Believe it or not.

Logos Stick said:

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"We'll transition from treating property as an individual good to a collective good. Whites especially will be impacted."

- Cea Weaver, NYC's tenant director

pic.twitter.com/angP3NPZLD

— End Wokeness (@EndWokeness) May 26, 2026

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WTF? Here's a little hint for that sweetheart: fee simple means ownership belongs to the grantees in a deed. Subject only to an outstanding mortgage, which is in primary position to be repaid FIRST.

They think they can seize private property willy nilly but forget there are most likely purchase loans involved.

How will Mamdani cancel those?

If this were the State of Texas, I'd take the appraisal value all day every day. Hell might start up a business buying property just to sell to the government at appraisal value. Would become a billionaire

MaxPower said:

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If this were the State of Texas, I'd take the appraisal value all day every day. Hell might start up a business buying property just to sell to the government at appraisal value. Would become a billionaire

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I though that in the cases I've won under condemnation by the state - Tx dot and pipeline companies.
And then they appealed, throwing the verdict out and into state district court where I had to pay big attorney fees to continue. Guess who had to settle? The state attorneys don't cost the state anything… They are already on the payroll. And the judges work for the oil/ pipeline companies in a round about way.

HTownAg98 said:

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MouthBQ98 said:

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Unconstitutional

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Depends on how they do it. The SAFER Homes Act would allow the City to seize properties that are behind on property taxes and other bills. That would seem constitutional, as forced-selling of property for nonpayment of taxes is constitutional. COPA is unconstitutional on its face.

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I've been wondering this for many years, but how is perpetual taxing of what's supposed to be owned property Constitutional?

income and property taxes are immoral. they create a tenant status for land "owners" and a defacto slave status for workers.

It's a power reserved by the sovereign. Been that way since ancient times. The Magna Carta placed some limitations on it (consent of the governed).

Vox Clamantis said:

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DG-Ag said:

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And I'm sure they will have a very narrow definition of "chronic neglect."

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It's actually nowhere near as difficult as the nay-sayers are making it seem. You just see which party the owner voted for. If it's an "R" it's condemned.

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And / or if they're white.

My my. This is the mayor of NYC and not one board lib or CM has stepped up to defend Mamdani. Or even just to explain how "we don't get it".

Libs/dems - you're full on commie now whether you wanted it or not.

At least those landlords still paid property taxes n those buildings. Stealing them and making them into "nonprofits" brings in zero revenue.

Let's understand a few things about what's actually about to happen here if Zohran gets his way -- which he almost certainly will, unless courts intervene.

First and foremost, Cea Weaver and DSA 'organizers' will be unleashed with the full institutional and legal support of the… https://t.co/Me1iPIl2Um

— Hon. Vickie Paladino (@VickieforNYC) May 27, 2026

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Let's understand a few things about what's actually about to happen here if Zohran gets his way -- which he almost certainly will, unless courts intervene.

First and foremost, Cea Weaver and DSA 'organizers' will be unleashed with the full institutional and legal support of the city government to ramp up tenant complaints in targeted buildings. No complaint will be too small. No building will be too small. Everything will be treated as catastrophic. Full-scale demagoguery will ensue, complete with protests, rent strikes, street theater, and harassment of property owners.

Accordingly, the city buildings department will be weaponized to begin writing as many violations as possible in order to bolster the city's effort to justify a seizure. It won't matter how small or large the violations are, the total number will be breathlessly cited as evidence of mismanagement. It will be impossible for landlords to clear these violations in good faith.

The combination of a weaponized buildings department writing hundreds of thousands of dollars in fines, rent strikes, and constant threats and harassment against landlords by militant activists will make the situation untenable for any property owner to realistically fight back, and the city will seize the property. The landlord will be lucky to walk away without prison or being beaten to death in the street by an angry mob (as Zohran's buddy Hasan Piker referred to landlords -- 'let the streets run red with their capitalist blood').

But that's only the first half of the plan, and everyone needs to pay very close attention to the big picture here, because it's hugely important and has national implications.

The properties will then be turned over to nonprofits. This is no small detail. This is in fact the whole point.

The idea here is to build up Zohran's DSA-connected nonprofits with a multbillion-dollar portfolio of hard assets -- New York City real estate. This portfolio could theoretically reach into the hundreds of billions or even the trillions, depending on how aggressive they get.

Now these highly political nonprofits would become the new land barons of New York, complete with all the political clout, leverage, and reach that goes along with it. It would be a true nightmare scenario.

As it stands now, the nonprofits depend mostly on the largesse of grants, donations, and other third-party resources to stay afloat. They are lavishly funded of course, and many do hold significant assets, but it would all pale in comparison to simply handing them the keys to a New York City real estate empire, courtesy of Zohran Mamdani and the DSA.

The resources at their disposal would be immense. The organizing potential that goes along with those resources will have national implications. Every DSA candidate in every town and city in the country would be trained, funded, and staffed by organizers with ties to the NYC nonprofit empire backed by a trillion dollars in free real estate. And they would be shameless in leveraging those resources for pure political power.

That's the game plan here. That's the whole ball of wax.

Zohran isn't interested in making housing better for anyone. If he was, we'd be talking seriously about solving the NYCHA disaster.

Hell, if he was even remotely sincere about seizing these properties from 'bad landlords' for the 'public good' he'd be focused on turning them over to the city itself, as misguided as that would be.

No, this is about nothing more than consolidating political power for the DSA. Just like everything else these people do. Giving the DSA a massive war chest backed by seized real estate.

Once you understand that they have no interest in fixing anything other than elections, it all makes a lot more sense.

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Logos Stick said:

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From today...

basically announcing his plan to transfer ownership of buildings with chronic neglect from landlords…

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Haha, joke's on them…if they think those properties are neglected now, just wait til government takes them over.