Zohran Mamdani Interviewed by John Wilson in Video About Reducing New York City Scaffolding

He has a new documentary about concrete coming out later this year - [https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/the_history_of_concrete](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/the_history_of_concrete)

Do I remember correctly that she has a much nicer house in Vegas now?

Sane it’s like the funniest show I never hear people talk about

Watch his recent interview on Doomscroll with Joshua Citerella.

I miss his show. It was perfect.

My girlfriend and I binged it the moment we discovered it. If I had the money, I’d keep the show going myself. Seriously love this series.

Is the scaffolding episode the one with the guy trying to lengthen his member?

It's politically smart as well. Small, easy, low-hanging fruit like this and the potholes are the perfect way to build a wellspring of popular public support. They're not life-changing but they're visible and tangible. It builds political capital which can then be spent toward achieving larger goals. Love him or hate him, Mamdani is a master politician. He knows how to play the game and I'd bet the farm on him being either a Governor or a Senator at some point in the future. (and just to be clear, I don't mean "play the game" in a negative context. You have to be able to do that to be effective in politics.)

It’s what mayors are for

it's the little things that matter if a politician centered their entire campaign around regulating these bright ass ridiculous headlights cars have now, they would have my full support. just as an example.

Scaffolding isn’t a little thing in New York.

I heard scaffolding is a loophole used to avoid having to keep your building up to code.

lol you’re getting roasted by people who don’t know. I’m a west coaster but went to NYC for a wedding a while ago and I noticed how much scaffolding there was

It’s refreshing to see what electing a person who has actually walked around New York can do to the priorities of the Mayor’s office. I love visiting the city, but if I was living in it, these little things would add up and absolutely impact my daily quality of life. It’s nice to see a human being in office who knows thar and is at least attempting to try to do something about it.

I hear they also saved the entire NYPD pension from being wiped out. They are no scrubs.

the real reason is to protect them from liability of falling debris from the aging facades hitting pedestrians. Its not that the scaffolds are actually for inspections, they just don't want to pay for repairs in the first place. Not that this is good or should be allowed, its just the current dynamic.

Of note, drone launches are illegal in NYC, without crazy authority, as far as I know. As in, you can’t just LAANC it up.

“It’s art!” — wife of scaffolding guy at a scaffolding convention 

Sidewalk sheds*

They go on buildings that have already been built, and stay there forever. The scaffolding is required if an existing building hasn't been recently inspected to ensure any decorative elements won't fall off and hit pedestrians below. The inpection has to be done every few years as buidings age. It's cheaper to just put up the scaffolding once and never get inspected ever.

A lot is explained in the article. > In voiceover, Mamdani explains that while scaffolding is meant to serve as temporary protection for pedestrians navigating construction throughout the city, some scaffolding has been up for more than 15 years, becoming a claustrophobic eyesore and impacting walkability. > Mamdani outlines a new set of policies meant to reduce scaffolding. Because intensive building inspections require the installation of scaffolding, New York City will be increasing the amount of time allowed in between building inspections from five years to six. Buildings that are 40 years old or newer will instead be allowed to rely on visual inspections every three years and wait 12 years before intensive inspections. Additionally, fines will be levied for units of scaffolding that stay up for two years “past their welcome,” and the city is imposing a 40-foot maximum on how far scaffolding can extend into the sidewalk and street. We can have similar issues in other places; it’s quite a relatable problem. In Germany you often see [pipes used to drain construction sites](https://www.morethangreen.es/en/berlins-pink-pipes/) and I swear in some places they have been up for like 10 years at least. Maybe some of them are meant to be permanent, I’m not sure, but they look like they are supposed to be temporary, being supported by plain concrete blocks and such.

John Wilson covered Scaffolding in depth on his streaming documentary series “How To” which is why Mamdani worked with him on this. It’s extremely detailed and hilarious

HBO Show "How To With John Wilson" had an [entire episode about scaffolding in NYC](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JQ_o_9MaJ24). Amazing show.

John Wilson is a decently popular documentary tv maker

Same reason half the front page is chat show hosts going on about trump

Because the video subs are overrun with politics To all you downvoters go look at /r/videos and tell me how many of the front page aren't Trump related

The political astroturfing of neutral sublistnooks is the answer to your question. It’s done mostly by bot farms and fanatics to gain momentum for their political view. For Listnook that means mostly pro liberal, anti conservative propaganda pounds unrelated sublistnooks until they are fully converted to supporting their cause.

What violent, racist rhetoric? He say something like "whites are poisoning the blood of our country" or something?