I represent 25 NYCHA developments, more than any DSA elected official. If you want to understand why many of my constituents—who’ve waited all their lives for NYCHA to make repairs—don’t agree with you, you should try talking to them, or invite us next time you have a teach-in.https://twitter.com/juliacarmel__/status/1463986288449703938 …
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I personally don’t think it’s privatization. I think it’s is reforming NYCHA so it is can act by the same rules as every other public agency (NYPL, MTA, DOE, etc) Those who are calling it privatization are worried about what happens if bond-holders/lenders have a stake in NYCHA
I think these are both valid takes, btw. I’m just trying to explain what the debate is about. I think the ability to bring NYCHA, a public agency, into the 21st century is necessary for it to survive as a public agency - but I get/respect resident distrust of the plan!
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TLDR: I don’t think it’s fair to say shorthand Blueprint = privatization - I think it’s more complicated than that!
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Oh! Last thing I will say! The trust legislation does not convert any units at all. It’s not the same as RAD, which converts units. It creates a new agency that NYCHA can use *if it needs to*, at resident request, for up to 25,000 units.
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