As a lifelong New Yorker who now lives in LA and has checked out of politics for sheer self care reasons — this is the first political thing I have read since November 2024. Thank you for sharing. It’s an exciting message. Let’s see how it plays out in practice.
As a 49 year old East New Yorker I am at the age to say I’ve seen some shit in this city.
I welcome Zohran, why not? I’ve been at this since Dinkins I was still too young to vote. But I was tapped in. I’m also a filmmaker and it’s a brutal reality trying to make it in that profession in this city.
Being a native offered no easier access than a non native. I’m lucky my job(very New York, fire life safety director-ties into the nature of how city’s massive office buildings work) and the choices I didn’t make (cause I was committed to being a filmmaker) is the only reason I’m not dying to flee the city.
But everyone isn’t going to do what I had to do. City is set up that you have to be an anomaly to flex.
For example my boy works for MTA. Has a girlfriend they have no kids. He took his salary -he’s a track worker-and bought a condo in Atlanta.
And he’s been with MTA long enough he has a shit ton of vacation days. Son is in Turkey, London, San Francisco like it’s nothing. Wears nothing but top shelf Ralph Lauren Polo.
But again he is an outlier sort of like myself. My mom? Or grandma who moved here with no husband, a nurse with two kids (my moms and uncle) she’d have no chance at all. Hopefully with this new mayor we can get back to that.
Watching this live last night in a packed bar in NY was quite the moment.
As a lifelong New Yorker who now lives in LA and has checked out of politics for sheer self care reasons — this is the first political thing I have read since November 2024. Thank you for sharing. It’s an exciting message. Let’s see how it plays out in practice.
thank you for posting this.
As a 49 year old East New Yorker I am at the age to say I’ve seen some shit in this city.
I welcome Zohran, why not? I’ve been at this since Dinkins I was still too young to vote. But I was tapped in. I’m also a filmmaker and it’s a brutal reality trying to make it in that profession in this city.
Being a native offered no easier access than a non native. I’m lucky my job(very New York, fire life safety director-ties into the nature of how city’s massive office buildings work) and the choices I didn’t make (cause I was committed to being a filmmaker) is the only reason I’m not dying to flee the city.
But everyone isn’t going to do what I had to do. City is set up that you have to be an anomaly to flex.
For example my boy works for MTA. Has a girlfriend they have no kids. He took his salary -he’s a track worker-and bought a condo in Atlanta.
And he’s been with MTA long enough he has a shit ton of vacation days. Son is in Turkey, London, San Francisco like it’s nothing. Wears nothing but top shelf Ralph Lauren Polo.
But again he is an outlier sort of like myself. My mom? Or grandma who moved here with no husband, a nurse with two kids (my moms and uncle) she’d have no chance at all. Hopefully with this new mayor we can get back to that.