Articles of Interest to Tenant Advocates - 2/4/2018

New York Times: Affordable housing crisis about to  get even worse, thanks to Trump Karen DeWitt: State senate Dems say first  priority if they gain majority is campaign  finance reform, including closing the   LLC loophole (NPR) City & State profile of Jeff Klein, leader of  rogue state senate Democrats  Daily News: 53 elected officials demand  immediate fix for NYCHA heating systems The Intercept: Trumpkins are considering  work requirements & rent hikes for HUD- subsidized housing The Lo-Down: 85 Bowery landlord paying for  some displaced residents to stay in Chinatown  hotel until vacate order is lifted Greenpoint Star: Ex-president of Lindsay  Park Mitchell-Lama coop in Williamsburg  faces 3 years in prison for taking bribes  while complex deteriorated New York Times editorial: Cuomo & de  Blasio must stop quarreling & work together  to save the subway system before it collapses https://www.nytimes.com/2018/02/04/ opinion/cuomo-deblasio-subway-chaos.html Gotham Gazette: Transit advocates to storm  Albany Feb. 12 for action on fixing subways http://www.gothamgazette.com/city/7458- transit-advocates-to-storm-albany-for-mta-action New York Times: Faced with unreliable public transit, health care workers endure the worst commutes https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/31/ nyregion/health-care-worker-commutes.html Ken Lovett: Independence Party opposes  pro-Airbnb legislation (Daily News) http://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/ nys-independence-party-opposing-pro-airbnb- bill-article-1.3798112 Journal News: Third candidate seeks Republican  line for Westchester state senate seat https://www.lohud.com/story/news/politics/ elections/2018/02/03/former-rye-councilwoman- joins-fray-vacant-state-senate-seat/303249002/ New York Post: City paying $2.6 million for de Blasio's legal fees in probe of whether he did favors for campaign donors https://nypost.com/2018/02/02/de-blasios- legal-fees-are-going-to-cost-taxpayers-millions/ WCBS Radio: 17 inspectors arrested, accused of filing false asbestos reports http://newyork.cbslocal.com/2018/02/01/ asbestos-inspectors-arrested/ New York Times: Clout of City Council Progressive Caucus wanes https://www.nytimes.com/2018/02/02/ nyregion/nyc-council-progressive-democrats- corey-johnson-speaker.html Charles M. Blow: Trump & a constitutional  crisis in slow motion (New York Times) https://www.nytimes.com/2018/02/04/ opinion/constitutional-crisis-in-slow-motion.html?ref=todayspaper Mike McKee http://www.tenantspac.org/ Tenants' PAC · United States