There is a difference between saying what you really believe, and I have no doubt Mr. McMillan says what he means and means what he says, and being able to convert that into results.
I liked most of what he said, but I don’t really understand how rents would be lowered. Was he talking about rent controlled areas, or state/city owned buildings? If he was referring to privately owned buildings, then no, I can’t follow how he can get from proposed solution to desired effect.
Additionally, he seemed focused on NYC life, but there is the rest of the state that has different concerns. As I see things now, taxes have raised in upstate and western NY to subsidize tax rates in NYC, which seems inherently unfair. If NYC dwellers want to vote themselves generous services, then they should pay for them. As it is right now, money is being sucked from other parts of the state and placed right in the city, and the jobs situation in Buffalo, Rochester and Binghamton, to name a few, has deteriorated over the last 4 years.
Anyone who thinks they can address all the state’s problems with more rent control in the city is really just a complete moron.
“Additionally, he seemed focused on NYC life, but there is the rest of the state that has different concerns.”
Of course you are right.
I was born and raise in NYC, but I thought today that what Palladino needs to do (or the next guy/gal, since Carl seems to be self-destructing) is to just say OVER AND OVER AND OVER AND OVER AND OVER AND OVER again: NY NEEDS A GOVERNOR FROM UPSTATE!!!
I don’t know who the last one would be. I remember back to Nelson Rockefeller, and Pataki was from the outer ring of suburbs I think.
It might be the best thing that could happen for NY.
And no, you can’t have Christie, he’s ours!
(NY refugee here! Almost totally converted to a Jersey Girl after 22 years....almost)