McKee's Media, July 23, 2018

HOMELESSNESS

Ginia Bellafante/Big City: Fighting back against the NIMBY war on homeless shelters (New York Times)

NYC City Limits: Gowanus is a test of whether City's best attempt at inclusive planning goes far enough

New York Times: Hoping to end confusion, City to consolidate housing subsidy programs

NYCHA

Greg Smith: To achieve Bloomberg's pledge to cut repair backlog to zero, NYCHA workers forged tenants' signatures, closed work orders if tenants not home (Daily News)

ILLEGAL HOTELS

New York Times: City Council votes unanimously to require Airbnb & other online brokers to produce listings of short-term rentals

Daily News on City Council vote to beef up regulation of short-term rentals

Courtney Gross on City Council vote on Airbnb (VIDEO)

New York Post: City sues Airbnb, Trip Advisor & Bookings.com for listings for Hell's Kitchen buildings

ETHICS

The Real Deal: Cuomo got $733K from real estate in last 6 months

New York Post: Cuomo added 374 "special assistants" to state payroll

Joseph Spector: Cuomo will donate $534K from convicted developers (Journal News)

Bill Mahoney: Using loopholes in campaign finance laws, many of Cuomo's donors have exceeded $65,100 cap on contributions (Politico NY)

Albany Times Union editorial: Albany corruption calls out for reform, but Cuomo & legislature refuse to act, while partisan state board of elections commissioners try to undercut enforcement counsel Risa Sugarman

Will Bredderman: Long Island developer with millions in state contracts stuffs Andrew Cuomo's campaign fund (Crain's)

New York Post: Andrew Cuomo tries again to distance himself from corruption scandal

New York Post: Landlord critic Tish James raking in real estate campaign donations

IDC

Grace Segers: John Liu on his second challenge to IDC senator Tony Avella (City & State)

Samar Khurshid: The July financial picture for IDC senators & their challengers (Gotham Gazette)

City & State interview with Jessica Ramos, challenging IDC senator Jose Peralta

City & State: Julia Salazar takes aim at Marty Dilan as weak on tenants' rights & cozy with real estate

MISC

Ask Sam: If my landlord relocates me to another apartment, do I keep my rent-stabilized status? (Brick Underground)

Rentonomics: 5.2 million U.S. tenants have lost money in rental fraud scams

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