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You're freezing but City Hall hears these 4 companies instead

Your landlord still ain't fixing your heat, right?

Here's the thing—you ever wonder what the city's *actually* doing, not just what they're *saying*? We got the latest from City Hall, and let me tell you, it tells a story.

So look, according to the latest 311 data, what are people actually callin' about? Your heat and hot water, deadass. Almost four thousand calls for *entire buildings* without heat or hot water, and another eighteen hundred for individual apartments. That's nearly 5,500 New Yorkers freezing in their own homes. Meanwhile, potholes are number one, which, yeah, I get it, my Q train ride over the Manhattan Bridge is bumpy enough without that, but heat? That's basic.

### Who's Got City Hall's Ear?

And who's lobbyin' City Hall, you ask? Cojo Strategies is pushing for Salesforce, Tetragon Partners for themselves, and Constantinople & Vallone Consulting is workin' for ZB Pearl LLC and Green Empire Farms. These ain't the folks worried about their radiators, right? These are the big players, making sure their interests are heard way louder than your landlord's refusal to fix the boiler. It just shows you where the city's attention is actually being pulled.

It's a tale of two cities, always is. You got residents freezing, and then you got these firms making sure their corporate clients are good through 2026. What does this mean? We keep an eye on those lobbyist filings to see whose concerns get prioritized over the everyday grind of this city.

Rachel Kwon-Gutierrez, MiTL Sports Desk, Queens.

Yo, me and the crew are always breakin' down this nonsense every morning—catch us live at mornings.live.

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