On an empty street corner in Red Hook, Brooklyn, landlord Humberto Lopes is making a list of “garbage people.” “Lydia Velasquez, Carlos Vachaco, Machaco — whatever the fuck his name was,” Lopes says. “And Frank Ortiz. Three politicians that were nothing, garbage politicians.” The three lawmakers — names all slightly misstated by Lopes — had apparently criticized his decision to lease space in the neighborhood to a private school.  “I don’t give a fuck who says anything,” Lopes says, after calling Rep. Nydia Velásquez “another shithead.” That in-your-face style has helped Lopes amass more than 115,000 social media followers and […]

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