Elections NYC mayoral race

[Anung Un Rama]

Amazes me that people continue to ignore this fantastically successful program.

CAHOOTS (crisis response)

CAHOOTS (Crisis Assistance Helping Out On The Streets) is a mental-health-crisis intervention program in Eugene, Oregon, which has handled some lower-risk emergency calls involving mental illness and homelessness since 1989. This makes it the earliest, or one of the earliest, Mobile Crisis Teams.

In most American cities, police have been responding to such calls and at least 25% of people killed in police encounters had been suffering from serious mental illness. Many cities in the US and elsewhere have been considering and implementing something like CAHOOTS. In 2015, Stockholm a similar concept was considered a success. In early 2020, Denver started a similar program. After the George Floyd protests that year, several hundred cities in the US interested in implementing similar programs requested information from CAHOOTS.

In 2021, the US enacted legislation to cover 85% of the expenses for three years for Mobile Crisis Teams, directing $1 billion to the effort. By the end of the year, many cities were starting such programs, such as Minneapolis' Behavioral Crisis Response. By 2024, most US states had multiple cities implementing such programs, or had them available state-wide.

An Alternative to Police That Police Can Get Behind

In Eugene, Oregon, a successful crisis-response program has reduced the footprint of law enforcement—and maybe even the likelihood of police violence.

www.theatlantic.com

I couldn't think of the name. Here's a good article about them. There is also some data, maybe not cahoots specific, that support this idea, but I can't seem to find it.

 

[MetalMilitia]

Saw all the spam about Mamdani lately and realized just how hard the machine wanted him beat.

So strange to see how quickly the lines get parroted, "communist", "but but but Muslim/NINE ELEVEN", grow up losers.

Just because the bots post it on Twitter and you saw it doesn't mean you have to fall in line.

That's fantastic, now do a breakdown of why the (D) party loves him.

Edit -- Fuck, you literally posted a shit meme in a real thread without thinking, and blindly following -- when the meme thread has yer name in it.

This some screenshot this for the meme thread.

 

[Badr Hari]

no idea who this guy is, just curious how most jewish portals supported him

 

[Siver!]

That's fantastic, now do a breakdown of why the (D) party loves him.

Edit -- Fuck, you literally posted a shit meme in a real thread without thinking, and blindly following -- when the meme thread has yer name in it.

This some screenshot this for the meme thread.

Are you the dork that bores us all with that centrist bullshit?

Figures you can't think.

 

[Limbo Pete]

Changes may be seen quickly, expecially with all drugs and prostitution legalized.

Brothels can also sell meth, crack, and fentanyl, bringing new "businessmen/customers" to the detriment of NYC Citizens.

....k....

 

[MetalMilitia]

Are you the dork that bores us all with that centrist bullshit?

Figures you can't think.

I like that you wrote the reply from a literal hive mind perspective.

Figures you can't meme.

Can we have an actual conversation, seems to remain.... unseen. (fezzik chiming in with rhymes this morning)

 

[Siver!]

I like that you wrote the reply from a literal hive mind perspective.

Figures you can't meme.

The thing about centrists with a brain is they don't go round going "I'M A CENTRIST" like a mouth-breathing retard with extremely limited opinions.

The ones that do feel the need to constantly scream that, you know they're IQ sub-70 or so.

Because they literally only have one thing to say.

Also, it's bullshit. Your "centrism" isn't something you just announce and make true, you daft twat.

 

[Mr Holmes]

Saw all the spam about Mamdani lately and realized just how hard the machine wanted him beat.

So strange to see how quickly the lines get parroted, "communist", "but but but Muslim/NINE ELEVEN", grow up losers.

Just because the bots post it on Twitter and you saw it doesn't mean you have to fall in line.

Mamdani literally repeats Marxist/Communist slogans.

 

[Siver!]

Mamdani literally repeats Marxist/Communist slogans.

Do whatever reductive drivel you need to do, bruv.

I support you.

 

[Mr Holmes]

Do whatever reductive drivel you need to do, bruv.

I support you.

Well, you can't blame people for calling him a communist when he does that. But, carry one with your mental gymnastics.

 

[Siver!]

Well, you can't blame people for calling him a communist when he does that. But, carry one with your mental gymnastics.

Well you can, actually, because you can look at what he stands for and what he wants to put in place, rather than getting all your opinions from soundbytes, tweets, and obvious attempts to sow discord as easily and cheaply as possible.

But again, you stick to whatever reductive drivel you need, bruv.

 

[Mr Holmes]

Well you can, actually, because you can look at what he stands for and what he wants to put in place, rather than getting all your opinions from soundbytes, tweets, and obvious attempts to sow discord as easily and cheaply as possible.

But again, you stick to whatever reductive drivel you need, bruv.

He's confined by the capitalist system he's in. I have no doubt his policy proposals would be even further to the left if thought he had a chance to implement them.

Saying "Seize the means of production" is to Communists as saying "Heil Hitler" is to the Nazis. I doubt you would be saying: "Well, just because he says Heil Hitler.."

But again, carry one with your mental gymnastics.

 

[Siver!]

He's confined by the capitalist system he's in. I have no doubt his policy proposals would be even further to the left if thought he had a chance to implement them.

Saying "Seize the means of production" is to Communists as saying "Heil Hitler" is to the Nazis. I doubt you would be saying: "Well, just because he says Heil Hitler.."

But again, carry one with your mental gymnastics.

I think everybody knows that showing support for one of the worst people to ever live 80 years after they suicided themselves senseless is not the same as espousing a singular Marxist concept, but if I were you, I'd definitely continue this train of thought because I really think it's gonna get you somewhere.

 

[Fedor>Cain]

He's confined by the capitalist system he's in. I have no doubt his policy proposals would be even further to the left if thought he had a chance to implement them.

Saying "Seize the means of production" is to Communists as saying "Heil Hitler" is to the Nazis. I doubt you would be saying: "Well, just because he says Heil Hitler.."

But again, carry one with your mental gymnastics.

No it isn't. That's what you call a false equivalency.

Do you care to elaborate on Mamdani was talking about when he said that? I can't. I doubt you can either since what he said was pretty brief on the topic.

There have been capitalist countries who seized the means of production for random sectors of business. The US loves propping up corporations with tax money with no return on investment. There's a million different ways you could spin that small sound bite.

On the other hand...there's only one way can spin the quote you compared it too lol.

False equivalency my man.

 

[nostradumbass]

But that's the whole point. A small group of people should not be doing the heavy lifting. The whole idea of relying on a small number of individuals is not making things better. That's the whole argument that is being made and why Mandani's message was received. Based on your argument above these same wealthy people want the economic benefits that NYC provides but when it's time to pay taxes they are like "No thanks. I will leave." I am not sure what argument you are making. The Fiscal Policy Institute did a study in 2023 of millionaires who moved out of New York and they move out of the state less than any other income group.

Additionally, you're focusing on the rich but you're not focusing on the workers. Workers are far more likely to leave the city than rich people. If I'm only making $70,000 a year it is much harder for me to live in New York than a rich person and you would have a higher rate of poorer people leaving than rich people. Plus, rich people keep a lot of their money in real estate. You're not just going to move your real estate as easy knowing the kind of money you can make in NYC.

Great, but nobody cares if poor people move out. In fact it's way better for a city to have fewer people who use services and don't pay for them, it's the people who do pay for them that can hurt a city by leaving.

NYC doesn't provide them the economic benefits, they provide them to the city. The city needs them far more than they need the city. Bill DeBlasio didn't turn Wall St. into a financial center, it has been there for over 200 years, and they don't keep pieces of paper in a portfolio anymore or really need the physical location to nearly the same extent they used to, so they can just slowly start moving elsewhere as they have been.

Isn't one of his major platforms that people shouldn't be able to make money in real estate? Why would anybody dump a bunch of money into real estate with a 50 year period to see any ROI instead of just spending that money in places with like a 6-7 year breakeven time? There's a reason there are already like 30,000 rent controlled apartments kept off the market in a city that already has a housing shortage.

 

[MetalMilitia]

The thing about centrists with a brain is they don't go round going "I'M A CENTRIST" like a mouth-breathing retard with extremely limited opinions.

The ones that do feel the need to constantly scream that, you know they're IQ sub-70 or so.

Because they literally only have one thing to say.

Also, it's bullshit. Your "centrism" isn't something you just announce and make true, you daft twat.

Swing 'n a tranny ... sorry -- "miss"

I’m a free thinker, beer drinker -- not a cult joiner or hashtag repeater. Thanks for the attempted meme by the way -- in the approved and sanctioned thread. If proving you can't meme is the meme, you are assuredly working wonders. -- Posting it strictly where you are "allowed" -- and going out the way to tag me and do so -- what is this, permission with a slip? Pretty ironic, dontcha think?

I’m not “neutral" -- I’m just allergic to stupidity. It does indicate you actually read my breakdown of 2-party and centrist logic, so thank you for that. (No joke there) You keep saying it's a bad thing though...

What I do isn't some self imposed bullshit or ego, sir -- If a willingness to evaluate ideas case by case rather than pledging blind loyalty to a tribe is what you are describing, then thanks.

Or, we can go full "bold strategy, Cotton" logic -- yer basically arguing that moderation is ignorance and extremism is genius -- all of this is taking place during the circle jerk, so I reckon you have a hand free to throw out a hi-5 from time to time.

Good team work I 'spose. Ya got 2 hands and using 1 of em, I would call this "maximum effort"

 

[Scerpi]

Well you can, actually, because you can look at what he stands for and what he wants to put in place, rather than getting all your opinions from soundbytes, tweets, and obvious attempts to sow discord as easily and cheaply as possible.

But again, you stick to whatever reductive drivel you need, bruv.

What he stands for? lol... He's a fucking idiot and somehow voters believe him. Either that, he's a raging liar who knows he can't or won't follow through on his grand promises.











However, I'm not surprised. Democrat voters should be used to the DNC and Democrat politicians lying to them for decades with empty promises. Mandami is a by product of that system.

And we'll see if he continues the same path with not following through with these same "Free" policies... lol. And the consequences of those policies when reality hits people in the faces.

 

[AL-Tappo McSnappo]

The guy not owned by Israel

basically one of the biggest reason he got the W.

 

[UberHere]

Saw all the spam about Mamdani lately and realized just how hard the machine wanted him beat.

So strange to see how quickly the lines get parroted, "communist", "but but but Muslim/NINE ELEVEN", grow up losers.

Just because the bots post it on Twitter and you saw it doesn't mean you have to fall in line.

You all fell for the same type of shit with Trump. “He’s a Nazi!” “He’s a fascist!”

To be fair, Trump is the machine now. But he wasn’t when you all fell for that.

 

[Xuh]

'piece of ass wife.'

Don't let your partisanship blind you to the temptations of top tier art hoe dune poon, Comrade