McKee's Media, Aug. 14, 2018

"AMI"

City & State: How Area Median Income is calculated, & what it means for NYC

Candidates running against the IDC

BronxTalk: Debate between IDC leader Jeff Klein & challenger Alessandra Biaggi (VIDEO)

Brian Lehrer Show: The IDC, explained (WNYC) (AUDIO)

Max & Murphy podcast: John Liu-Tony Avella state senate primary features two different kinds of Democrats (Gotham Gazette)

Commercial Rent Control

Will Bredderman: De Blasio talks up "commercial rent control" feature of Inwood rezoning (Crain's)

Contributions: Real Estate Industry gives $$ to Cuomo, lobbies de Blasio and others

Georgia Kromrei: Government for sale: The real estate industry is Gov. Andrew Cuomo's number one backer & it is getting its money's worth (The Indypendent)

New York Post: De Blasio finally discloses meetings with lobbyists, and real estate developers are at the top of the list

Will Bredderman: Real estate developer Douglas Durst gives $150K to Sean Patrick Maloney & $10,000 to Letitia James (Crain's)

Ethics

Albany Times Union editorial: NYS Board of Elections has weakened powers of its enforcement counsel Risa Sugarman, which will encourage corruption

NYCHA

Michael Benjamin: NYCHA was my family's lifeline -- but now it needs to go (New York Post OpEd)

REZONING

Rebecca Lewis: Five things to know about the Inwood rezoning (City & State)

TENANT ACTIVITY

Lillian Ortiz: Tenants organizing across the U.S. to fight exhorbitant rent hikes & unsafe conditions (Shelterforce)

Randy Shaw: Housing advocates, seize this moment: Bold, not incrememental action is needed, & the time is now (Shelterforce)

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