I agree - good comment. On Mandami, I think he needs perhaps to seek to create a different version of the "City on a Hill" vision, that is better than elsewhere in the USA, and is a rebuke … (View Post)

A very interesting read from the BBC about about our organised crime around minimarts / cigarette sales, popup vape shops, and so on - including about how it is worked through Companies House. Long, … (View Post)

Overnight I listened to a thoroughly depressing video about conditions in ICE detention camps, where there is now a class action lawsuit. A transit facility, so no beds and multiple people sleeping o… (View Post)

Most of those exist in Europe, or have been considered in Europe. And Europe is not communist. Are there any significant number of grocery stores in New York. Is this just meeting a basic need - a ki… (View Post)

On topic, I think this could be very interesting for New York, and potentially a hinge point for North America. Mandami will be taking his models from places like London and Paris, and I'm not aware … (View Post)