David Brand
@DavidFBrand
Covering housing for @WNYC @Gothamist | [email protected] | Past: @CityLimitsNews, @QueensEagle, @CityWatchWBAI & before that, a Licensed Social Worker
I cover HOUSING and politics in and around NYC. Got tips, news or feedback? Please get in touch! Contact me on Signal: @ davidfbrand.2025 Or email me: [email protected] I'm also on Bluesky @ davidfbrand. bsky. social
Cool new map alert: @patrickspauster examines the first-round primary ballot results at election districts overlapping/near NYCHA campuses, and spoke to tenants about the candidates for mayor bit.ly/4eWhvMI
Tiniest bit of drama at the @2025NYC_CRC final meeting as City Hall adviser @dianesavino votes against proposal to shift NYC elections to even-numbered years, arguing local candidates would get drowned out. 4 housing-related proposals all pass unanimously, head to Nov. ballot
An exciting new season of Summer House in the works
& @andrewcuomo has been fundraising in the Hamptons for multiple weekends just this month alone Flyer below for a breakfast this AM @ the Hampton Synagogue —>
"We have a newspaper that's printed once a week, so without the radio station, we're kind of in the blind here, locally." NPR's Frank Langfitt's richly observed story on Allegheny Mountain Radio - which relies heavily on federal $. (Not an NPR station) npr.org/2025/07/20/nx-…
In this podcast, Adams says his administration has produced more housing than Bloomberg and de Blasio combined (incorrect) and that NYCHA is demolishing and rebuilding the Riis Houses (NYCHA is doing that with the Fulton and Elliott-Chelsea Houses)
New York City Mayor Eric Adams told @tracyalloway and @TheStalwart that he would love to see what’s in the Epstein files – and said that the “deep state” should “outrage every American” while echoing an earlier endorsement of FBI Director Kash Patel’s book apple.co/4lTgFT6
Here's the actual story on the proposal gothamist.com/news/cuomo-cal…
In this interview, @andrewcuomo tells @errollouis he wants New York State to repeal the Urstadt Law, which gives the state legislature power over local rent regulations, as a way to make housing more affordable ny1.com/nyc/all-boroug…
NEW: Earlier this week, @andrewcuomo told @errollouis he wants New York State to let NYC control its own rent regulations by repealing what's known as the 'Urstadt Law' What does that mean? gothamist.com/news/cuomo-cal…
Former NYPD head accuses @NYCMayor, police brass of 'criminal enterprise' gothamist.com/news/former-ny… via @gothamist
New Jersey at Atleti 🥲
¡Bienvenido, Johnny Cardoso! 🇧🇷🇺🇸 Acuerdo con el @RealBetis para el traspaso del internacional estadounidense, que firma por cinco temporadas con nuestro club.
In this interview, @andrewcuomo tells @errollouis he wants New York State to repeal the Urstadt Law, which gives the state legislature power over local rent regulations, as a way to make housing more affordable ny1.com/nyc/all-boroug…
Wow, @CityLimitsNews has been on this story for YEARS. Back in November 2023, I broke the news that Mayor Adams just... wasn't planning to implement CityFHEPS reforms the City Council had passed: citylimits.org/full-package-o…
"Why wouldn’t you help someone who’s getting evicted stay in their place?" said Diana Ramos, a CityFHEPs voucher holder and activist with @SafetyNetUJC. "It helps all the way around. The landlord gets their money, the person stays in their apartment." bit.ly/3GgPAdK
New — The woman who was accosted by scores of young Orthodox Jewish people after a protest in Crown Heights says in a legal claim that inaction by the NYPD that night gave “tacit support” to the mob. gothamist.com/news/woman-acc…
for @BostonGlobe Ideas i wrote about private equity, health care, and an obscure legal history that connects the two. i hope you’ll have a look!