Articles of Interest to Tenant Advocates - 2/10/2018

New York Times: City Council grills NYCHA chair  Shola Olatoye on heat failures; Speaker Corey  Johnson asks her to apologize, she refuses Greg Smith: NYCHA chair accompanied by city's  top lawyer to city council hearing (Daily News) New York Post: Olatoye says City Hall ignored  her pleas for more money for repairs Observer: De Blasio says public housing tenants  deserve living standards to the extent that the   City can afford to provide them Bill Mahoney: Real estate developers among  biggest donors to Cuomo's re-election campaign,  governor still raking in LLC money (Politico NY) City Limits interview with a very defensive IDC  senator Marisol Alcantara on Inwood rezoning &  legislation to strengthen rent protections Steve Wishnia: Chinatown tenants face at least  6 more weeks homeless before structural repairs   are completed at 85 Bowery (Village Voice) amny: 85 Bowery tenants plan hunger strike  in effort to get back into building vacated for   safety violations, demand HPD take over repair work Observer: Cuomo sets post-budget April 24 as date for  special elections for 2 vacant state senate & 9 vacant  state assembly seats City & State: Who are the candidates vying  for the 11 vacant state legislative seats? Reisman: Chief Judge Janet DiFiore says court modernization is underway (NY State of Politics) http://www.nystateofpolitics.com/2018/02/ difiore-says-court-modernization-underway/ Zack Fink: Alessandra Biaggi, challenging Jeff Klein, has spotty voting record (New York 1) http://www.nystateofpolitics.com/2018/02/ biaggis-voting-record/ Deputy Mayor Alicia Glen apologizes for  calling Council members "not that smart" https://nypost.com/2018/02/06/ deputy-mayor-sorry-she-called-city- council-members-not-that-smart/ The Hill: U.S. Rep. Hakeem Jeffries to Trump: How dare you lecture us about treason http://thehill.com/homenews/house/372511- dem-lawmaker-to-trump-how-dare-you-lecture-us-about-treason Mike McKee http://www.tenantspac.org/ Tenants' PAC · United States