McKee's Media - March 2018

HUD STOPS ENFORCING FED HOUSING LAWS New York Times: HUD stops enforcing federal  fair housing laws RENT REGULATION Shelterforce: Dear business school professors:  You're wrong! Rent control works https://shelterforce.org/2018/03/28/rent-control-works/ ZONING Gotham Gazette: De Blasio planning appointee  Michelle de la Uz who seeks more affordability NYCHA Greg Smith: Cuomo signs executive order to  appoint monitor to oversee $550 million in  NYCHA upgrades (Daily News) Sally Goldenberg: Long ignored, public housing becomes political football in governor's race (Politico NY) Sally Goldenberg: De Blasio says that Cuomo now owns  NYCHA, subway problems (Politico NY) New York Post: State health inspectors find serious  health risks in 80 percent of 255 NYCHA apartments Ask Sam: Can my grandchildren take over my rent-stabilized  apartment? (Brick Underground) Jacobin Magazine: Chicago voters organize against  Illinois ban on rent control NY State Budget  New York Times: In several slaps at de Blasio, Cuomo   budget undercuts NYC home rule, gives state oversight of city schools, NYCHA, & development around Penn Station, & forces City to cough up $418 million for subway fix Ross Barkan: All the progressive reforms the Cuomo budget left out (Village Voice) Nick Reisman: Five takeaways from the state budget  (NY State of Politics) Politico NY: Jimmy Vielkind & Bill Mahoney's  rundown on state budget NY Nonprofit Media: Mixed results for non-profits  in state budget New York Times: Albany strikes deal on  state budget New York Post: State budget is stuffed with  pork barrel spending Jimmy Vielkind: Gottfried, Hoylman & Krueger object  to budget language giving Cuomo eminent domain  power over area around Penn Station (Politico NY) Rick Karlin: Long "official" description of contents of  new state budget (Capitol Confidential) ALBANY CORRUPTION & CANDIDATES Will Bredderman: Simcha Felder's suspicious sweetheart deal for his campaign office, next door  to his district office paid for by state senate (Crain's) http://www.crainsnewyork.com/article/20180328/ POLITICS/180329886/state-sen-simcha-felders- campaign-in-suspicious-deal-for-office-space New York Times: Brooklyn Assemblymember Pamela  Harris resigns after indictment on corruption charges https://www.nytimes.com/2018/04/02/nyregion/pamela- harris-brooklyn-resigns.html Jesse McKinley: Dutchess County Exec Marc Molinaro  to seek GOP nomination for governor (New York Times) https://www.nytimes.com/2018/04/02/nyregion/molinaro- republican-with-small-town-roots-launches-bid-governor. html? Alan Chartock: Cynthia Nixon challenge has Andrew Cuomo  shaking in his motorcycle boots (Empire Report) http://empirereportnewyork.com/alan-chartock-andrew-cuomo- cynthia-nixon-albany-new-york-percoco/ Ken Lovett: Cuomo supporters worry that if he cannot control  his snarky temper it will help Cynthia Nixon beat him (Daily News) http://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/lovett-cuomo-supporters- worry-temper-nixon-win-article-1.3895924 Washington Post: Cynthia Nixon using her celebrity well in her campaign for governor https://www.washingtonpost.com/powerpost/nixon- capitalizes-on-celebrity-in-her-new-york-campaign- against-cuomo/2018/03/30/00c6284a-335e-11e8-94fa- 32d48460b955_story.html?utm_term=.386b35130358 Variety: Cynthia Nixon gives first TV interview to Wendy  Williams on Wednesday http://variety.com/2018/tv/news/cynthia-nixon-first-national- tv-interview-wendy-williams-1202741155/ Laura Nahmias: Can Cynthia Nixon convince women voters  to dump Cuomo? (Politico NY) https://www.politico.com/states/new-york/city-hall/story/ 2018/03/29/can-cynthia-nixon-get-female-voters-to-break- up-with-cuomo-331090 City & State: Can IDC challengers ride Cynthia Nixon's  coattails? https://www.cityandstateny.com/articles/politics/campaigns- elections/will-idc-challengers-ride-cynthia-nixons-coattails.html Jillian Jorgensen: Tish James protests city plan to raise  water rates by 80 percent in next decade (Daily News) http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/tish-james-clarity- dep-predicted-80-water-price-surge-article-1.3904380 Gotham Gazette: Fears grow of 2020 census undercount in New York http://www.gothamgazette.com/city/7566-fears-of-census-u ndercounting-grow-in-new-york?mc_cid=9443cc9c6c&mc_eid=aa50093a8c New York Times: Political power backfires for Kushners:   Awash in debt, the family's real estate empire teeters  close to collapse Once again, Crain's New York Business runs editorial against rent regulation law Mike McKee http://www.tenantspac.org/ Mike McKee http://www.tenantspac.org/ Copyright © 2018 TenantsPAC, All rights reserved.