Homelessness? Evictions? Not the mayor’s priority

Mayor Daniel Lurie appeared at the Board of Supes today for the first time since the election and congratulated himself on winning more power without ever saying what he was going to do about the most pressing issues facing the city. Lurie took his opening five minutes to talk about how he now has a mandate for contracting reform, which is fine, but not at the top of most vulnerable people s list of priorities. Then he effusively thanked Brian Chesky, a founder of Airbnb, for donating $100 million to improve city parks. That s lovely, but it s also less than one-tenth of one percent of Chesky s net worth. Lurie says nothing about affordability, and completely ducks a question about Crocker Amazon Park. Lurie talked about how people who start successful businesses in the city should give back—but never mentioned that Chesky made his billions by starting a company with a businesses model that broke the law consistently, that displaced thousands of people, turned scarce rental