Articles of Interest to Tenant Advocates - March 27, 2018

HOMELESSNESS Gotham Gazette: Policy director for Coalition for the  Homeless explains policy disconnect between de   Blasio's housing and homeless plans TENANTS & COUNCIL RALLY FOR STRONGER RENT LAWS Speaker Corey Johnson, housing  advocates rally at City Hall, call on Albany to  close loopholes in rent laws (Daily News) amny on City Hall rally for stronger rent laws El Diario on City Hall rally for stronger rent laws Curbed New York on City Hall   rally for stronger rent laws GUN VIOLENCE AND HOUSING Daily News: Thousands take to the streets  to demand gun control How Housing Matters: Can Housing Policy Help Reduce Gun Violence?

Articles of Interest to Tenant Advocates - Mar. 28, 2018

Town & Village on City Council hearing on  rent regulation Politico NY: City leaders blasts Cuomo's  power grab for development around Penn   Station IDC New York Times: Trump backlash takes  aim at renegade state senate Democrats New York Times: Scott Stringer endorses  Jessica Ramos & Robert Jackson, challenging  IDC incumbents New York Post: New owners of Manhattan hotel  try to evict two rent-stabilized "hoarders" LANDLORD KUSHNER Crain's: DOB commissioner promises "more  to come" in Kushner probe New York Post: White House lawyers  investigating $500 million worth of Kushner  loans

Rent bills pass City Council - Mar. 22, 2018

On March 22, 2018, the New York City Council  passed Resolution 188-A and Intro 600-A. The resolution declares that NYC still has  a housing emergency (a vacancy rate under 5%).  Now that it has passed the City Council,  the city rent control law (what's left of it)  has been renewed for three years, until  April 1, 2021. The intro renews the NYC Rent Stabilization  Law of 1969 for three years, until April 1, 2021.  The mayor must sign this bill into law. Stand  by for notice of the bill-signing hearing. Erin Durkin: Speaker Corey Johnson, housing  advocates rally at City Hall, call on Albany to  close loopholes in rent laws (Daily News) amny on City Hall rally for stronger rent laws El Diario on City Hall rally for stronger rent laws Curbed New York on City Hall   rally for stronger rent laws

Articles of Interest to Tenant Advocates - Mar. 19, 2018

LYING LANDLORD (KUSHNER) Washington Post/AP Exclusive: Kushner Company  routinely filed false documents with NYC Dept. of  Buildings, claiming it had no rent-regulated tenants Daily News: Council Member Ritchie Torres will  probe Kushner Company's falsifying of records   & harassment of tenants with disruptive construction REZONING Abigail Savitch-Lew: Bronx coalition calls deal  on Jerome Avenue rezoning unacceptable ( City Limits) Abigail Savitch-Lew: Community Board adopts  many community demands in Inwood rezoning  (City Limits) AirBnB Jillian Jorgensen: Ebbets Field apartments flooded  with flyers urging tenants to list apartments with A irbnb (Daily News) CUOMO & DeBLASIO TOGETHER ON AFF. HOUSING? Abigail Savitch-Lew: Cuomo & de Blasio:  political enemies, but affordable housing  partners? (City Limits)

Articles of Interest to Tenant Advocates - Mar. 13, 2018

The Real Deal: HPD suspends 421-a tax  subsidies for 1,700 property owners who  failed to file certificates New York Times: Annual Rent Guidelines  Board process begins with three vacancies;  landlords' Net Operating Incomes increase  for 12th consecutive year Erin Durkin: Speaker Corey Johnson pushes  $2 billion plan to build 15,000 senior  apartments (Daily News) Rebecca Burns: New movement for rent control spreads across U.S. (In These Times)

Articles of Interest to Tenant Advocates - Mar. 6, 2018

Huffington Post: Ben Carson removes anti- discrimination language from HUD mission statement Rezoning WNYC News: De Blasio's Jerome Avenue  rezoning clears City Council committees Gotham Gazette: Why do De Blasio's upzonings  target only low-income communities? City Limits: U.S. Rep. Adriano Espaillat calls City  plan for Inwood Library redevelopment a "Trojan  horse for uptown" ETHICS Newsday editorial: Cuomo's torturous rationale  for accepting donations from his appointees   undercuts his ethics reform efforts

Articles of Interest to Tenant Advocates - Mar. 4, 2018

Jarrett Murphy: Community Services Society report predicts loss of thousands of NYC affordable units in next few years as tax credit deals expire (City Limits) How Housing Matters: Center for Public Health Law Research surveys landlord-tenant laws, fair housing laws in 50 states NYCHA Inside City Hall: Interview with public housing tenants suing NYCHA (New York 1) New York Post: Cuomo says NYCHA's problems are due to poor management, not lack of funding Glenn Blain: State senate passes IDC bill giving Cuomo authority to appoint monitor to oversee NYCHA operations (Daily News) New York Post: Rockaway tenants get soaked as NYCHA takes more than a year to repair roof

Articles of Interest to Tenant Advocates Feb. 28, 2018

Shelterforce: A case of construction eviction  in Queens New York Post: Brooklyn landlord arrested for  impersonating dead notary INWOOD REZONING City Limits: 600 people pack community board  hearing on Inwood rezoning Patch on the Inwood rezoning community  board hearing NY 1 Noticias on Inwood rezoning  hearing (VIDEO) Manhattan Times on Inwood rezoning  hearing