Recent media on Albany's failure to renew rent laws 6/16/2015

New York Times: Rent laws expire as Albany fails to reach agreement on renewing them

  

Capital New York: Senate passes one-house pro-landlord rent bill, lets rent laws lapse at midnight

  

Gothamist: What happens now that the rent laws have expired?

State of Politics: Heastie rejects Senate’s anti-tenant bill, & rejects Cuomo’s linking education tax credit to rent

Daily News: Senate Republicans threaten to leave town without renewing rent laws

New York Observer: De Blasio slams “Albany at its worst” as clock ticks on rent laws

City & State: No deal on rent as midnight deadline approaches

New York Times: Short-term expiration of rent laws not a big problem, say experts

Wall Street Journal: Developers push to get 421-a approval before law expires

City & State: Is DHCR able to enforce new rent law provisions?

New York Observer: De Blasio says rent law sunset would be worse than recent natural disasters

Journal News: Libous returns to Albany after long absence due to illness

New York Times: Cuomo’s wage board hears testimony for $15 hourly minimum wage

New York Times: Former Governor Eliot Spitzer takes over family real estate empire (tries to get development started before higher percentage of affordable housing is required)

Newsday editorial: Paralysis in Albany hurts big & small bills

Capital New York: Cuomo’s enforcer Joe Percoco returns to Albany after hip surgery

New York Times: Stringer urges city agencies to end referrals to three-quarter homes

The Real Deal: Midtown East rezoning moves forward

Michael McKee

Treasurer

Tenants Political Action Committee