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New York's small business owners rejoice as Mamdani cuts red tape

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Re: New York's small business owners rejoice as Mamdani cuts red tape

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Removing tiny pieces of red tape (a permit to sell ice cream) is a token gesture when he decided to install Lina Khan as Chair Of New York City Economic Development. Her entire reputation is built on being incredibly hostile to business.

General NIMBY-ism within the city combined with a ED chair who hates big business does not seem to bode well for the success of large projects.

Re: New York's small business owners rejoice as Mamdani cuts red tape

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Removing tiny pieces of red tape (a permit to sell ice cream) is a token gesture when he decided to install Lina Khan as Chair Of New York City Economic Development. Her entire reputation is built on being incredibly hostile to business. General NIMBY-ism within the city combined with a ED chair who hates big business does not seem to bode well for the success of large projects.

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Re: New York's small business owners rejoice as Mamdani cuts red tape

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Removing tiny pieces of red tape (a permit to sell ice cream) is a token gesture when he decided to install Lina Khan as Chair Of New York City Economic Development. Her entire reputation is built on being incredibly hostile to business. General NIMBY-ism within the city combined with a ED chair who hates big business does not seem to bode well for the success of large projects.

Nice try Elon Musk. Lina Khan is fucking awesome.

Re: New York's small business owners rejoice as Mamdani cuts red tape

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Removing tiny pieces of red tape (a permit to sell ice cream) is a token gesture when he decided to install Lina Khan as Chair Of New York City Economic Development. Her entire reputation is built on being incredibly hostile to business. General NIMBY-ism within the city combined with a ED chair who hates big business does not seem to bode well for the success of large projects.

> Her entire reputation is built on being incredibly hostile to business.

Her reputation is built on being incredibly hostile to malicious big business techniques that screw consumers and employees.

Banning non-competes, promoting right-to-repair, and requiring click-to-cancel were absolutely correct decisions that I laud her for.

Re: New York's small business owners rejoice as Mamdani cuts red tape

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Removing tiny pieces of red tape (a permit to sell ice cream) is a token gesture when he decided to install Lina Khan as Chair Of New York City Economic Development. Her entire reputation is built on being incredibly hostile to business. General NIMBY-ism within the city combined with a ED chair who hates big business does not seem to bode well for the success of large projects.

So what EXACTLY has she done since being installed that hurts small businesses owners?

Re: New York's small business owners rejoice as Mamdani cuts red tape

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Removing tiny pieces of red tape (a permit to sell ice cream) is a token gesture when he decided to install Lina Khan as Chair Of New York City Economic Development. Her entire reputation is built on being incredibly hostile to business. General NIMBY-ism within the city combined with a ED chair who hates big business does not seem to bode well for the success of large projects.

Make it easier to sell ice cream.

Make it harder to trap people in subscriptions with not viable way to cancel.

Re: New York's small business owners rejoice as Mamdani cuts red tape

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Removing tiny pieces of red tape (a permit to sell ice cream) is a token gesture when he decided to install Lina Khan as Chair Of New York City Economic Development. Her entire reputation is built on being incredibly hostile to business. General NIMBY-ism within the city combined with a ED chair who hates big business does not seem to bode well for the success of large projects.

If anything, being against monopolies is actually pro small business because monopolies make it harder for small businesses to compete

Re: New York's small business owners rejoice as Mamdani cuts red tape

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Removing tiny pieces of red tape (a permit to sell ice cream) is a token gesture when he decided to install Lina Khan as Chair Of New York City Economic Development. Her entire reputation is built on being incredibly hostile to business. General NIMBY-ism within the city combined with a ED chair who hates big business does not seem to bode well for the success of large projects.

> General NIMBY-ism

Mamdani explicitly campaigned on building more, especially housing, so not sure where you got that idea. NIMBYs show up at community board meetings, sure, but your post makes it sound like that's somehow the mayor's fault?

I'm also not sure if you're a New Yorker or not but the NYC EDC remit is a hell of a lot more than just "encourage big business". They run the ferry, for example, and other infrastructure projects

Re: New York's small business owners rejoice as Mamdani cuts red tape

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post #5

Removing tiny pieces of red tape (a permit to sell ice cream) is a token gesture when he decided to install Lina Khan as Chair Of New York City Economic Development. Her entire reputation is built on being incredibly hostile to business. General NIMBY-ism within the city combined with a ED chair who hates big business does not seem to bode well for the success of large projects.

> Her entire reputation is built on being incredibly hostile to business. Her reputation is built on being incredibly hostile to malicious big business techniques that screw consumers and employees . Banning non-competes, promoting right-to-repair, and requiring click-to-cancel were absolutely correct decisions that I laud her for.

She also failed to secure wins when suing most big businesses because their strategy and evidentiary standards were subpar. Her ideological positions haven't really held up to court scrutiny.
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