Articles of Interests to Tenant Advocates 1/23/2018

CITY  Daily News: De Blasio donors chosen to  build luxury towers on NYCHA land New York Times: New homeless shelters  slow to open, despite de Blasio's promise New York Post: City sues Chelsea landlord for  $1 million for turning apartment building into  illegal Airbnb  hotel New York Times: Lower Manhattan tenants oppose  new elevators to make subway accessible to riders  with disabilities, claiming they could be terrorist target ALBANY & ELECTIONS Queens Chronicle: Queens County Democratic  Party chair Joe Crowley says Peralta & Avella  have until April to rejoin mainstream Dems, or  face county-sanctioned primary City & State: Alessandra Biaggi talks about her  primary challenge to Jeff Klein Carl Campanile: Jeff Klein spends campaign funds on   lavish restaurant bashes: $44K in last 6 months  (New York Post) Gotham Gazette: IDC challengers raise funds without  support from Democratic Party establishment OTHER Plattsburgh Press Republican: Pataki's pro-landlord  housing commissioner Joe Holland seeks Conservative  Party support for November challenge to Cuomo Urban Habitat report: Strengthening communities through  rent control & just-cause evictions: case studies from Berkeley,  Santa Monica & Richmond, California Mike McKee http://www.tenantspac.org/ Tenants' PAC · United States