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jay5627 t1_jdk87iz wrote

Reply to comment by oceanblue966 in George Santos admits to fraud, using stolen checks by Black_Reactor

> I genuinely want to hear what is so bad about George Santos

Said he was Jewish and that his grandparents fled the Holocaust, when questioned he said he was "Jew-ish"

He claimed his mother died as a result of 9/11 when there are documents indicating she was in Brazil that day

He worked financial firm called Harbor City, which the Securities and Exchange Commission accused of running a Ponzi scheme and was later shut down.

Lied about his employment at Goldman & CitiGroup

He claimed he lost 4 employees in the Pulse nightclub shooting (he didn't)

A staffer working for Santos’s election bid would call rich donors and pretend to be Representative Kevin McCarthy

In 2008, Santos was charged with fraud by Brazilian prosecutors for stealing the checkbook of a man his mother was working for and then spending nearly $700 using a stolen checkbook and a fake name. He admitted to this in 2009 and then again in 2010.

He raised $3k for a homeless vet's dying dog and stole the money.

Sadly, this is only part of the list

You'd vote for this person?

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jay5627 t1_jckbqkn wrote

Reply to comment by sketchingthebook in Nearly 1,500 buildings ban Airbnb and other short-term rentals by fluffykintail

high rent and high income used to be two big ways they would become unregulated, which is no longer a possibility after the changes in 2019. 421-A abatements would have to expire, or owners would have to combine units to deregulate them. I believe they can also put a lot of money into renovations and then raise the rent a % of the money they put into the reno

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jay5627 t1_jcg1m2a wrote

Reply to comment by ejpusa in Nearly 1,500 buildings ban Airbnb and other short-term rentals by fluffykintail

People throw out large numbers to make a point, but a sizeable amount of those units are in really bad shape, and financially not worth it for the owner to fix since they won't be able to recoup the costs because of the rent control/stabilization laws.

People freak out about a lot of things, doesn't make them right. I do think we're mostly aligned, though.

Current market, if it's a walk up, no doorman, around $2500. With amenities, I'd say $3500

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