Mastodawn

Zohran Mamdani just ran a citywide "pothole blitz" deploying 80 DOT crews across all five boroughs. In one day, they filled over 7,000 potholes. That's roughly what the department would normally do in a full week. He ran a second blitz two weeks later and matched it, another 7,000 in a single day. 💪

Basic city services actually getting done at scale. Republicans and Democrats could never.

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Jess👾

@jcrabapple I would be curious to hear from the city workers themselves what things fell by the wayside for those days. Did they have to stop working on other important things - sewer repairs or road resurfacing or sidewalk repair or any of a thousand other things they're expected to do. I doubt it's simply that they're lazy, it's just there's lots to do and management sets priorities on different things depending on what needs doing first.

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a.k.a. low-profile Mar 24

@JessTheUnstill @jcrabapple
"If you always do what you've always done, you'll always get what you've always got." - various origins.
A blitz is a gamble because it obviously takes away from other resources to get the job done. It can be seen as a rallying point: "Look what we did, in the time we had."
There is always a place for 'one and done' when it comes to public service. It should be treated as an ingredient for change, but not the main dish.

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Koen Hufkens, PhD 17h ago

@Nead @JessTheUnstill @jcrabapple In addition, it is a very visible/noticeable change. So, this is win-win as the feedback to those workers will be really positive and motivating. Aside from getting things done this is a morale booster.