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 NYCHA New York Times: Public housing tenants  sue NYCHA, ask court to appoint monitor New York Times: Preparing to cut housing assistance  to poor people, HUD spends $31K on new furniture  for Secretary Ben Carson  Michael Gartland: Stringer wants to give Battery  Park surplus to NYCHA (New York Post) Sally Goldenberg: Ritchie Torres says de Blasio's  cancellation of financing for Durst project deprived  NYCHA tenants of boiler upgrade (Politico NY) CORRUPTION IN ALBANY Syracuse Post-Standard: State board approves  another $15 million to retrofit Cuomo's empty $90  Syracuse Post-Standard: Courtship of Andrew Cuomo  by indicted Syracuse developers ended in heartbreak million factory built by indicted developers Tom Precious: Andrew Cuomo has no escape hatch  from Percoco trial; voters now view governor as  part of the problem (Buffalo News) New York Times: Defense rests; judge drops  one charge against Joe Percoco Albany Times Union editorial: Andrew Cuomo  splits hairs to justify taking tainted campaign  contributions ELECTIONS Gotham Gazette: Jumaane Williams takes on Kathy  Hochul & Andrew Cuomo in his bid for lieutenant  governor Nick Reisman: Hudson Valley Democrat Karen  Smythe to challenge GOP state senator Sue Serino  (NY State of Politics) City Limits: Robert Jackson & Jessica Ramos on their  primary challenges to rogue state senate Democrats Gotham Gazette: Challengers to turncoat state  senate Democrats outline primary campaigns Crain's: Billionaire investors to reap $200  million windfall from sale of air rights under  Midtown rezoning Mike McKee http://www.tenantspac.org/