Articles of Interest to Tenant Advocates 1/15/2018

(EXCERPTED)  ALBANY Nick Reisman: Rocky start for 2018 legislative session  (NY State of Politics) Karen DeWitt: Cuomo's budget, to be unveiled Tuesday ,expected to be grim (NPR) Joseph Spector: Four ways you might be impacted by  Cuomo's budget (WGRZ) Nick Reisman: Moody's says New York State budget  faces serious challenges (NY State of Politics) IDC Capitol Confidential: Jeff Klein gets a new  challenger in Democratic primary The New Yorker: Stuyvesant High School  student tries to unseat IDC member Jose Peralta GENTRIFYING THE UPPER WEST SIDE New York Magazine: The megamall that gentrified the Upper West Side NYCHA City Limits: Should NYCHA be treated  like all other landlords, with outside oversight? LAND USE City Limits: The pros & cons of the Jerome  Avenue zoning (VIDEO) Real Estate Weekly: New laws call for data collection  on vacant land, more affordable housing Gotham Gazette: Speaker Corey Johnson appoints  chairs of City Council committees Chelsea Now: Speaker Corey Johnson faces  reality of federal budget cuts, says rent laws  must be strengthened ELECTIONS Town & Village: Third candidate (another tenant activist)  enters race for Brian Kavanagh state assembly seat Kings County Politics: Following Pamela Harris' arrest on  corruption charges, candidates line up to run for her  Assembly seat  The Nation: For Zephyr Teachout, losing an election was just the start of a new fight MISCELLANEOUS Politico NY: Congestion pricing faces serious opposition in state assembly The Real Deal: Interview with John Banks, REBNY president Mike McKee http://www.tenantspac.org/ Tenants' PAC · United States