Erik Engquist

The evidence that big investors are *not* “cornering the home market” (as Gov. Kathy Hochul claimed) continues to pile up, which will come as no surprise to people like @jayparsons who have been following this political saga. https://t.co/D404uTevNq

Have you noticed that when politicians want to portray capitalists as evil, they call them “investors,” but when the same politicians tout a new business or factory, they cheer the “investment”? How are investors bad, but investment good?

Mayoral housing plans: Which ones rock, which ones suck https://t.co/AvszcNTLpk

It’s pretty obvious why HUD says this law firm’s monitoring of NYCHA is “not going well”: > Earlier this year, Trump sued Jenner and Block in a seeming retaliation against emergency lawsuits filed by the firm over some of the president’s executive orders https://t.co/D8lAqO4fyb

These publicly funded homes for the poor cost $1.2 million each to build. But @ZohranKMamdani says he can build them in NYC with union labor for only $500,000 per unit. How? https://t.co/G4zMojT884

I’ve reached the point where I must set Gmail to auto-delete any email that has “Governor Hochul announces” or “Stefanik” in the subject. The newsworthiness rate of these messages is effectively zero percent.

I’m a little surprised that Andrew Cuomo drove to his NY Times interview in Midtown, the most transit-accessible office district in the world.

Quiz: Which mayoral candidate would move mentally ill suspected criminals into city neighborhoods? > Within the first 30 days, I would start removing seriously mentally ill people from Rikers into supportive housing units and community-based housing with mental health services.

While mayoral candidates say they will strengthen tenants' rights, Tasheem Jenkins manages to remain in a Manhattan apartment for 16 months (and counting) without paying rent, or even being on the lease. And he's doing this without a lawyer. https://t.co/NbKtCBhRCw

I have to give @CMCrystalHudson credit for not politicizing and derailing this crucial Brooklyn rezoning in a quest for financially impossible projects, as I initially feared she would. https://t.co/3iAaLvbVVb

One hundred years ago today, Lou Gehrig started at first base for the @Yankees. The same thing happened the next 2,129 games.

"No dam would mean the Nissequogue would return to doing what rivers do — carry sediment and nutrients downstream to Long Island Sound where they would enrich and strengthen the wetlands that are ever more vital as our natural defense against rising seas." https://t.co/8PdPST1Y45

RT @trdny: Initially, @erik_engquist thought a plaque attack on a Clinton Hill building was saying affordable housing rather than two overp…

there’s enough bad biking going on for cops to stay busy without writing up ridiculous summonses for harmless and often legal behavior, as is documented here. https://t.co/nnuDMVyy6m

Another example of the tail wagging the dog, meaning the government rather than New Yorkers' demand for housing is deciding how large new apartment projects will be https://t.co/Ajmy9ZZL3n

Like phantom limbs, buyouts can be felt but not used by rent-stabilized tenants. Six years have passed since the NYS Legislature and Andrew Cuomo eliminated them. https://t.co/X3xVEAQhla

Scary but low-risk: “according to the NYPD's own statistics, in 2024, 37 pedestrians were injured in 179 reported e-bike collisions. In that year, 9,610 pedestrians were injured overall, so e-bike riders caused just 0.4 percent of pedestrian injuries.” https://t.co/sIX10lXw0l