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Greg Jordan-Detamore's avatar

Nice post! It’s cool to read about your experiences.

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Ryan Puzycki's avatar

Congrats on the appointment and the early progress!

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Morgan Lawless's avatar

Thank you for the informative post, this is inspiring to read as a fellow New Yorker in the younger demographic. I might apply to my community board in the future. Best of luck!

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Sachi Takahashi-Rial's avatar

Great post, Sebastian! Super informative and inspiring for how citizens can be involved in local politics.

I hear you on factions... I wrote a post a couple months ago on the conflict on my community board that included some people quitting, others getting fired, and news articles about shady financial dealings.

- https://nycpolitics101.substack.com/p/why-my-community-board-is-in-the

- https://www.thecity.nyc/2024/06/03/80k-donation-manhattan-board-penn/

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Jordan Braunstein's avatar

Sebastian,

I read this with interest - Mobilization of collective effort to attain and apply leverage for systemic change is one of my main areas of concern. I wonder if in cases that are particularly divisive and controversial, someone like you might make use of a temporarily anonymous "assurance contract" framework in order to reveal people's true preferences and find consensus positions. That's what i'm trying to enable with a project called Spartacus.app. If you're interested in how it might help you, let me know.

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