Articles of Interest to Tenant Advocates - 2/16/2018

RACIAL SEGREGATION IN HOUSING Sally Goldenberg: City Council introduces fair  housing bills requiring City to report on progress  in ending racial segregation, & to address it  (Politico NY) The Nation: The average black family would need  228 years to build the wealth of a white family today Reveal News: Banks shutting the door to home- ownership for people of color REZONING Crain's: Governors Island rezoning moves forward Commercial Observer: Massive Jerome Avenue  rezoning nears final vote in City Council ARE YOU RENT STABILIZED? Ask Sam: I checked my apartment's rent history and  I think it was illegally de-stabilized. What do I do?  (Brick Underground) NYCHA New York Post: City Council members ask Cuomo  to declare state of emergency for NYCHA Grace Rauh: Cuomo & de Blasio blaming each  other for NYCHA problems instead of working   together to fix them (New York 1) POLITICS AND HOUSING Ava Farkas: Senator Marisol Alcantara makes  false claims  about blocked tenant legislation;  bills obstructed because of IDC-GOP alliance  (Manhattan Times OpEd) Sam Stein: Deputy Mayor Alicia Glen's wrong- headed, profit-based approach to affordable   housing development & preservation is just  fine with Bill de Blasio (Village Voice) Nick Reisman: Affordable housing developers  object to Cuomo's budget proposal to defer  tax credit (NY State of Politics) Nick Reisman: WFP endorses three IDC  challengers (NY State of Politics) Ross Barkan: Why I don't love Marty Golden  & why you shouldn't, too (Brooklyn Daily Eagle) Mike McKee http://www.tenantspac.org/ Tenants' PAC · United States