Anthony Weiner’s back and has something to say about real estate

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Anthony Weiner’s back and has something to say about real estate

Anthony Weiner’s back and has something to say about real estate. Convicted pol’s strategy: tell voters the truth. Yes, there’s irony in that

<p>Anthony Weiner (Getty)</p> — Anthony Weiner (Getty)

This is not a joke: Anthony Weiner’s City Council campaign strategy is to be honest with voters.

More than a decade after trying to cover up the sexting addiction that famously wrecked his political career, Weiner is not simply telling voters what they want to hear as he campaigns in District 2, which runs from the Lower East Side to Alphabet City, Greenwich Village, Flatiron and Kips Bay.

On real estate matters, he said in a Zoom interview, that means being forthright about development and rent. “It’s not always going to be zero rent increase, it’s not always going to be 100 percent affordable housing,” Weiner said.

He is trying to distinguish himself from politicians who blame landlords and developers for high housing costs, and who hide behind rent boards and tax-reform commissions rather than fix problems.

“Unfortunately, the way our system is structured, it allows people to deal with [issues] in a way that is not intellectually honest,” he said. “There’s a very strong political incentive to demagogue.”