Articles of Interest to Tenant Advocates - 1/17/2018

TENANTS SPEAK OUT NY 1 Noticias: Inwood tenants door-knock to  press Sen. Marisol Alcantara to deliver on  rent legislation Real Estate Weekly: West Village Houses  renters ask A.G. to probe Andrew Cuomo's  role in 2006 conversion of the affordable  housing complex to market rate housing Daily News: Tenants in least expensive  neighborhoods file the most heat complaints ALBANY Will Bredderman: Cuomo continues to rake in  real estate money through the LLC loophole t hat he claims he wants to repeal (Crain's) Lisa DellAquila: Long before accusations against  Jeff Klein, we knew that the IDC did not advocate  for women or families (Journal News) New York Times: Cuomo, Klein under  fire for reactions to sexual misconduct   accusation Nick Reisman: Cuomo proposes $168 billion  budget (NY State of Politics) City & State: Five takeaways from Cuomo's  budget presentation Jimmy Vielkind: Cuomo includes non-fiscal items  (but not rent protections) in budget as means of  forcing them through legislature (Politico NY) RIGHT TO COUNSEL City Limits: City tackles roll-out of right  to counsel in Housing Court Daily News: Jumaane Williams plans to challenge  Kathy Hochul in primary for lieutenant governor Nick Reisman: Former lawmakers fighting  criminal charges pay legal fees with  campaign funds (NY State of Politics) Daily News: U.S. Supreme Court declines to  review Shelly Silver's case, clearing way for  retrial on corruption charges Georgia Morgan/VOCAL-NY: Gov. Cuomo  must deliver housing justice that Dr. King  wanted (Gotham Gazette) Daily News: De Blasio promises new apartment  to NYCHA tenants whose ceiling collapsed Nick Reisman: Andrew Gounardes raises  $114K in bid to unseat GOP senator Marty  Golden (NY State of Politics) City Limits: Businesses, homes spewing  untreated sewage & toxic chemicals into  NYC's waterways CityLab: Last tenant faces eviction from historic  Buffalo apartment complex facing demolition BuzzFeed: Examination of Trump's sales of  condos to unidentified buyers who paid all  cash seems to show evidence of extensive  money laundering BuzzFeed: Brad Hoylman introduces bill to strip  Trump's name from state park Mike McKee http://www.tenantspac.org/ Tenants' PAC · United States