drpvn

drpvn t1_j610qqn wrote

> The city has yet to release specific boundaries for the conversion plan, but a map in the task force's report highlights sections of Midtown where housing is barred.

This is the only thing close to such a map that I see in the hyperlink. This doesn’t look like a map that “highlights sections of Midtown where housing is barred.” This looks like an extremely small section of what I consider “midtown,” and mainly looks like downtown, Brooklyn, and Queens.

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drpvn t1_j5zfutb wrote

They won't find good jobs when they're dead or incapacitated from their drug habit, either.

I really do believe the best way to deal with this is Portugal's approach. But it seems like a nonstarter because it involves both policing (which the progressives don't like) and investments in treatment and safe use sites (which conservatives and many moderates don't like).

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