XPost: alt.fan.rush-limbaugh, sac.politics   
   From: pothead@snakebite.com   
      
   On 2026-01-10, SGS  wrote:   
   > On 09 Jan 2026, pothead  posted some   
   > news:10jrs9v$2mq88$1@pothead.dont-email.me:   
   >   
   >> On 2026-01-09, D. R. Acula  wrote:   
   >>> By Nino DeNino   
   >>> January 7, 2026   
   >>> (New York, New York) – Homeowners and small landlords are facing   
   >>> what critics are calling a direct assault on private property rights   
   >>> after the New York City Council approved a sweeping new housing law   
   >>> that hands government-favored nonprofits unprecedented power over   
   >>> real estate sales.   
   >>>   
   >>> The measure establishes the so-called Community Opportunity to   
   >>> Purchase Act (COPA), a policy that forces certain property owners to   
   >>> give politically connected nonprofit groups the first right of   
   >>> refusal when selling multifamily buildings – even allowing them to   
   >>> match or override private offers.   
   >>>   
   >>> Supporters frame the law as “anti-displacement,” but opponents   
   >>> say it amounts to state-sanctioned interference in the free market,   
   >>> designed to discourage private ownership while accelerating New   
   >>> York’s shift toward government-controlled housing.   
   >>>   
   >>> Under COPA, landlords who want to sell their buildings must first   
   >>> navigate a new bureaucratic approval process, giving designated   
   >>> nonprofits priority access to properties before buyers on the open   
   >>> market. Critics argue the policy will depress property values, delay   
   >>> sales, and punish small owners – many of them immigrants and   
   >>> multi-generation families – who rely on real estate as their   
   >>> primary asset.   
   >>>   
   >>> While progressive activists celebrated outside City Hall, small   
   >>> property owners warned the law will drive even more landlords out of   
   >>> the city, further shrinking housing supply and worsening   
   >>> affordability – the opposite of what lawmakers claim to want.   
   >>>   
   >>> Reaction on X has been fierce. One user wrote, “NYC’s COPA is   
   a   
   >>> massive government overreach. Mayor Mamdani is letting nonprofits   
   >>> jump the line to seize property while owners are stuck in 90 days of   
   >>> red tape. This kills the market and violates property rights.   
   >>> Socialism doesn’t fix housing, it just destroys the city.”   
   >>> Another commenter added bluntly, “Are we really that surprised?   
   >>> Elect a socialist. Get socialist policy. Now your house is OUR   
   >>> house.”   
   >>>   
   >>> With COPA now headed for implementation, landlords warn New York is   
   >>> sending a clear message: owning property is no longer welcome, unless   
   >>> it aligns with City Hall’s ideological vision.   
   >>>   
   >>>   
   >>> https://wabcradio.com/2026/01/07/nyc-homeowners-blocked-from-selling-u   
   >>> nder-zohran-mamdani/?fbclid=IwY2xjawPN8R1icmlkETFNbFRZOHA5eEVZbEJLclYy   
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   >>>   
   >>> All the No Kings gomers sure are silent.   
   >>   
   >> Welcome to Communism NYC !   
   >> You voted for it.   
   >> You got it.   
   >>   
   >> And the fun is just beginning as these fools who want free stuff   
   >> follow Mamdani around like a pied piper.   
   >>   
   >> SUCKERS.   
   >   
   > The Mafia will rise again.   
      
   Interestingly enough, the Brooklyn neighborhood I grew up in during the 60's   
   onward   
   was basically the epicenter of the Mafia.   
   We would see the old men playing bocce ball, or sitting outside their social   
   club   
   playing cards, and as kids we had no idea who they really were. We learned   
   later, but   
   it didn't matter because they weren't interested in the average person.   
   They would give us candy or a soda on a hot day and so forth and nothing   
   happened   
   in this neighborhood because even the perps were smart enough not to cause   
   trouble   
   lest they end up at the bottom of The Narrows in a cement tuxedo.   
      
      
      
   --   
   pothead   
      
   “Liberals seem to assume that, if you don’t believe in their particular   
   political solutions, then you don’t really care about   
   the people that they claim to want to help.”   
      
   ― Thomas Sowell   
      
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