nyc has a weird collective blind spot around pure noise.
the god damn govt officials will spend hours arguing about housing, crime, transit, zoning, schools, etc. while millions of people are getting their sleep fragmented every night by sirens, honking, construction, garbage trucks, & random dudes who do not shut the fuck up.
if mamdani could somehow cut citywide noise by 30-50%, residents would probably experience a larger improvement in daily wellbeing than many far more expensive policy programs like city run grocery stores.
why doesn’t anyone do anything about this?!? wake up zohran.