Council tantrum: Is Mamdani nominee really so terrible?
To begin this column, I had to check the spelling of “hissy fit.” What better term to describe the City Council’s reaction to John Mangin? Mayor Zohran Mamdani nominated the pro-housing Mangin to chair the Board of Standards and Appeals. The BSA is an important body for the real estate industry and recently gained more authority over land use — at the City Council’s expense. The board can now fast-track publicly funded affordable housing projects that used to be in the City Council’s domain. The change was among the City Charter revisions crafted last year by a Mangin-led panel. Outraged […]
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