McKee's Media - July 12, 2018

Rent Guidelines Boards orders

The Indypendent: Rent-stabilized tenants can't catch a break from NYC rent board

Tamara Stewart: Westchester rent board adopts significant rent increases (Mount Vernon Inquirer)

Affordability

Patch: The least affordable NYC neighborhoods for renters (comparing asking rents & incomes)

New York Post on unaffordable NYC rents study

Rezoning

Patch: Inwood residents tell City Council to reject de Blasio's rezoning plan

City Limits on City Council hearing on proposed Inwood rezoning plan

Gothamist: Inwood residents & small business owners fear rezoning will trigger displacement

Patch: Ydanis Rodriguez announces priorities for Inwood rezoning

Curbed NY: City picks developers for first two affordable housing developments following Far Rockaway rezoning

Curbed NY: Residents oppose Union Square "Silicon Alley"

Curbed NY: Union Square tech hub gets mixed reviews at City Council hearing

Crain's: Community Board 4 considers plan to rezone garment district

Community Preference lawsuit

Sally Goldenberg: Plaintiffs in lawsuit against "community preference" in affordable housing lotteries seek to depose Mayor de Blasio (Politico NY)

Comptroller Stringer on housing plan and NYCHA

Gotham Gazette: Scott Stringer on his agency watch list, De Blasio's housing plan & NYCHA restructuring

NYCHA and lead paint

David Goodman: De Blasio says City will test all NYCHA units at risk for lead paint (New York Times)

 

IDC members and other established state legislators face challengers

Jesse McKinley: Four Assembly members endorse Zellnor Myrie's challenge to Jesse Hamilton, as IDC challengers gain more support (New York Times)

Will Bredderman: Common Cause asks A.G. to investigate apparent illegal activities by state senator Jesse Hamilton (Crain's)

Times Ledger: Jessica Ramos slams Jose Peralta on failure to strengthen rent protections

WNYC: Underdog Julia Salazar endorsed by Nydia Velazquez, Antonio Reynoso, Make the Road Action in her challenge to incumbent Democrat Marty Dilan

Carl Campanile: Corey Johnson endorses John Liu over Tony Avella (New York Post)

Ossining Patch: Letter to editor says Carlucci should apologize for his 7 years in the IDC

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