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New York’s so-called solution to the housing crisis just got worse. The new mayor has named an unelected “housing czar” whose past remarks, now being unpacked on Rob Schmitt’s show, reveal a disturbing contempt for everyday New Yorkers and an alarming flirtation with hard-left tactics. When those who would run our cities openly sneer at the people who pay the bills and elect them, you know the priorities are upside down.
Rob Schmitt did the service conservatives expected: he shone a light on what elites hope to hide. The tapes and commentary reveal not just careless insults, but a worldview that places ideology over practical results — the very Communist playbook of central planning and top-down control. It’s no surprise that these same voices talk big about “equity” while delivering less housing, higher crime, and skyrocketing taxes to keep their schemes afloat.
Let’s be clear about the real victims here: hardworking taxpayers, small landlords, and the people trying to keep a roof over their kids’ heads. When government-appointed czars push punitive regulations and social engineering instead of empowering builders and cutting red tape, supply dries up and costs go through the roof. Conservatives warned that crushing the private sector in the name of ideology would make the problem worse; now we’re watching the wreckage.
The arrogance of labeling voters “dumb” is not merely insulting — it’s dangerous. It reveals a ruling class that expects compliance while rewriting the rules to suit a political experiment that has failed everywhere it’s been tried. New York doesn’t need another technocrat with an ideological checklist; it needs leaders who respect the rule of law, property rights, and common-sense solutions that unleash, not shackle, opportunity.
This is also a reminder that titles like “czar” concentrate power without accountability. Elected officials can be voted out, but unelected mandarins operate in the shadows, shaping policy by decree. That kind of governance is antithetical to conservative principles of limited government, transparency, and local control — principles that have built the prosperity most Americans enjoy.
Republicans and conservatives must keep pressing the fight where it matters: demand oversight, expose the record of appointees, and push policies that spur private construction, streamline permitting, and restore homeowner confidence. The answer to a housing shortage is not ideological purges or virtue-signaling mandates from on high; it’s unleashing markets, enforcing zoning sanity, and protecting property owners.
Patriots who love this country should take this as a call to action. Show up at council meetings, support candidates who trust Americans, and never accept being talked down to by an out-of-touch elite. If we want safe streets, affordable homes, and a prosperous future, we must stand up to the socialist playbook before it bankrupts more cities and degrades more lives.
