NYC just passed the COPA law, and it’s chilling. The city now gives government approved nonprofits first dibs when property owners try to sell, kneecapping private buyers and stripping owners of real control over their own property. This is the government inserting itself into who can buy, who can sell, and at what cost. They can call it “ tenant protection” if they want …but it’s forced market manipulation and a massive step toward state control of private property.