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? LANDLORD KUSHNER = TIP OF ICEBERG New York Times: Dept. of Buildings ''investigating  false filings by Kushner Company Ritchie Torres & Carlina Rivera: Kushner's just  the tip of the iceberg for suffering NYC tenants  (Daily News) HOUSING & VACANCY SURVEY Abigail Savitch-Lew: 10 facts from the 2017 NYC  Housing and Vacancy Survey, reactions from  advocates ( City Limits) NYCHA Greg Smith: NYCHA appears to have no intention of  giving rebates to tenants who went without heat  (Daily News) Judith Goldiner, Legal Aid Society: Only real solution  for NYCHA is more money (New York Times letter  to the editor) Sally Goldenberg: Cuomo vows to hold up state  budget over NYCHA funding as feud between  mayor & governor heats up (Politico NY) Daily News: De Blasio-Cuomo feud over public  housing grows uglier, while little gets done to  improve conditions CHICAGO Chicago Sun-Times: Chicago residents vote  overwhelmingly to lift the state ban on rent control REZONING Abigail Savitch-Lew: Community Board  12 votes on Inwood rezoning proposal,   calls for major changes (City Limits) Patch: City announces winning bid for  redevelopment of Inwood Public Library;  Espaillat blasts City's plan as "Trojan Horse" Crain's: City Council passes Jerome Avenue rezoning Curbed New York on City Council approval  of Jerome Avenue rezoning ELECTIONS Cynthia Nixon interview in Glamour magazine:  "Our rent laws have been shredded" Yancey Roy: Cynthia Nixon launches campaign with  blistering attack on Andrew Cuomo (Newsday) Jimmy Vielkind: Labor leaders who are officials  in Working Families Party says their unions will  endorse Andrew Cuomo for re-election (Politico NY) Jimmy Vielkind: Bitterness among WFP members  over Cuomo's 2014 double cross makes it less likely   party will endorse him this year (Politico NY) Carl Campanile: Tish James, Gale Brewer decline  to endorse Andrew Cuomo for re-election  (New York Post) Nick Reisman: Cuomo refuses to commit to  debating Cynthia Nixon (NY State of Politics) Cynthia Nixon interview with the Amsterdam  News Cynthia Nixon interview with Tom Precious of  the Buffalo News Lincoln Anderson: Harvey Epstein is ready to get to  work in Albany as soon as he wins the April 24 special  election for state assembly (The Villager) Curbed New York: Bronx could get affordable  housing made from shipping containers ETHICS Reuters: Federal judge rejects Shelly  Silver's bid to avoid retrial on corruption  charges Daily News: Thousands take to the streets  to demand gun control Can Housing Policy Help Reduce Gun Violence? Mike McKee http://www.tenantspac.org/ Copyright © 2018 TenantsPAC, All rights reserved.