I have nothing against James Patchett. Really. Patchett, the Gilbane Development CEO and former CEO of A&E and the city’s EDC, meant well when he offered housing solutions to Zohran Mamdani. But one was off the wall: “The new mayor can upsize pilot programs like ‘Unlocking Doors’ to pay for those renovations in exchange for leasing the apartment to city rent voucher holders,” he wrote. I’ve had lunch with Patchett and interviewed him on stage, and his wife used to work at The Real Deal. But James must not be reading my column, because I explained the utter failure of […]

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