Posted on 04/13/2023 4:57:37 AM PDT by MtnClimber
That's the implied slogan of 'affordable housing,' now set to wipe out the American Dream in New York.
The indomitable Betsy McCaughey has called out the latest ugly manifestation of "diversity, inclusion, and equity" the drive to destroy the suburbs. The Biden administration and Democrat-controlled legislatures in several states have taken the lead in this effort. In New York State, Governor Kathy Hochul, as part of the state budget, has advanced a so-called Housing Compact that would eliminate local control and single family zoning.
Hochul's plan would require that high-rise "affordable" (read: low-income, taxpayer-subsidized) housing be constructed close to each sleepy village train station — mostly a few miles apart — on Metro North and the Long Island Railroad. If the affected communities fail to do so "voluntarily," the state will have the power to override local zoning. Those who fail to applaud this combined coup by warriors for social justice and real estate interests are, you guessed it, racist.
Suburban homeowners, Democrats as well as Republicans, are beginning to awaken to the deadly threat these proposals pose to their way of life. What is largely overlooked is that this is a repeat of a similar effort in 1972 about which I wrote at the time ("Housing Controversy in Westchester," Congress Biweekly, November 10, 1972 and December 22, 1972). Believe it or not, the effort to overthrow zoning was then spearheaded by Republicans — with New York's Westchester County selected to pioneer the program.
On June 20, 1972, the New York State Urban Development Corporation announced that it was overriding local zoning to create a variety of low- and moderate-income housing developments in nine, for the most part rural, Westchester communities. Reminiscent of the emotional reaction to the death of George Floyd, the UDC had been given zoning override power
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They keep electing leftists. What do they expect?
Anymore, the word electing comes with an asterisk.
NOTHING could be worse than having that brash, mean, Trump in the White House, or so these Suburban moms thought.
Now they’re getting a taste of what they are supporting...but too bad, the Dems got what they needed out of them, they now get to rot.
In rural areas, there is no sewage or water facilities. The rural homes use a well and septic system.
Are the Rats proposing to build high-rise abominations in cow pastures and then have the locals pay for the million dollar water and sewage treatment plants?
I heard recently a quote attributed to Karl Marx that was something like, ‘you cannot destroy America until you destroy the middle class’
Not sure if he really said that but it sounds like him
every time someone proposes this, we simply should say SURE! we will build it right across from YOUR home!
Yeah, that’s a recipe for success. Bus the inner-city kids into the nice schools, transplant the Section 8 mess into the suburbs... I understand the rationale: close contact with a successful subculture will influence and enhance less successful subcultures. But it doesn’t usually work that way. What happens is that everyone gets dragged down to the inner-city, Section 8 level. But maybe that satisfies the activists just as much.
Thank you!
Denial ain’t just a river in Egypt for some around here.
If we were willing to vote for this ****, Deep State wouldn’t have to steal elections.
NYC has RCV for mayorals now for a reason...
Silly boy. That wasn’t Karl Marx. That was Barack Obama.
Pet Merriam/Webster...
ressentiment
noun
res·sen·ti·ment rə-ˌsäⁿ-tē-ˈmäⁿ
: deep-seated resentment, frustration, and hostility accompanied by a sense of being powerless to express these feelings directly
> Anymore, the word electing comes with an asterisk. <
Yep. Better to say that Democrats end up with more votes.
That doesn’t necessarily mean more people voted for them.
> you cannot destroy America until you destroy the middle class’ <
Communists hate the middle class. In Russia, middle class farmers were called kulaks. Stalin exterminated them.
Could something similar with our middle class happen here? Well, sure. But our Deep State won’t use bullets. They’ll use laws and regulations instead. That takes longer, but is much cleaner.
So the use of the word "asterisk" just got promoted to an FBI right wing extremist watch word, like "Chad" and "based."
My sister-in-law is a raging lib (rather rational and intelligent however) ..... has a beautiful $1-mil plus house in an upscale neighborhood on Long Island. Walking distance to the LIRR station.
she’s about to get what she votes for..........
Hell thats been going on since obunghole was selected! The pandemic exasperated that by city-zens moving to the burbs and then bringing in their bad seed relatives and friends with them.
Everyday now there are murders, shootings etc in the burbs here in Raleigh.
This morning 14 year old dead and 5 wounded.
You know this has already happened in California.
Local zoning laws have been usurped by “new” state-controlled zoning laws in Sacramento.
First thing they did is pass legislation mandating that all single family lots zoned for one house now can have up to four per property - more if it’s near a “transit zone” - which is most of the state. Cities are also mandated to build large apartment buildings, the state dictating as to how many, to ease California’ “housing crises” - created by the Marxists themselves in the first place.
This is a concerted effort to destroy the suburbs, specifically single family neighborhoods, by bringing in Section 8 housing.
The city of Huntington Beach is fighting back - I heard the city leaders on the radio the other day - they said that the cities these hypocritical state politicians live in - specifically Napa and Sausalito - have been given waivers.
Huntington Beach has been mandated to build 13,368 new homes, including 5,845 affordable housing units. The city leaders say the city is already built out and traffic is a nightmare, especially during the summer months.
“California Gov. Gavin Newsom and Attorney General Rob Bonta are seeking a court order punishing Huntington Beach for its two-time vote rejecting a state-required housing plan, calling for the suspension of the city’s authority to issue building permits and a court order giving the city four months to adopt a housing plan.”
Where is NY state getting these people from?
I can't even imagine living in such a place..
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