Mayor Zohran Mamdani has opted to kick off his mayoralty with a grandiose housing initiative that . . . shows no sign of solving anything.
The plan is for a citywide “Rental Ripoff” tour, exposing buildings and apartments in awful shape and their owners’ “unconscionable business practices.”
Yet what’s the point of this sideshow? Everyone knows the city has some bad buildings run by neglectful landlords; how does a spotlight change the situation?…