Robert Moses's unfinished business should be Mamdani's priority

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14 points rmason | 4 comments | 13 Nov 25 04:26 UTC | HN request time: 0.598s | source
1. pinkmuffinere ◴[13 Nov 25 06:55 UTC] No.45911603[source]▶
> Zohram Mamdani will become Mayor of New York City on January 1

Wow, quite the dark horse candidate this Zohram fellow.

2. RhysU ◴[13 Nov 25 13:02 UTC] No.45914411[source]▶
> The problem is that hiring in New York City government is subject to possibly the most insane rules in the country.... And I say that as someone who didn’t think anything could be worse than the federal hiring rules.

This piece is a great, accidental argument for smaller government in NYC.

> We have these supposedly merit-based hiring systems because in the mid- to late-19th century, positions in government were filled through patronage, or what’s known as the spoils system.

One can either have "supposedly merit-based" or definitely spoils (i.e. graft). Smaller government that accepts some (smaller) spoils to gain nimbleness is a good balance IF the free press calls out egregious graft and IF the electorate will throw out any bums.

3. cholantesh ◴[13 Nov 25 22:28 UTC] No.45921509[source]▶
Why, is New York insufficiently car-dependent and racially segregated?