McKee's Media, Aug. 19, 2018

NYS COURT RULINGS AGAINST TENANTS

New York Law Journal: Split appeals court rules that absent fraud, damages from rent overcharges cannot be calculated more than four years back in J-51 buildings

Cityland: Appellate court reverses tenant win in 421-g case, rules that apartments are not subject to rent stabilization

Real Estate Weekly: Judges increasingly force tenants to pursue illegal deregulation & rent overcharge cases at DHCR, giving landlords a leg up in these disputes

LANDLORDS (KUSHNERS) DRIVING TENANTS OUT 

Charles Bagli: Kushners accused of driving rent-stabilized tenants out of Brooklyn waterfront building: "unbearable noise and dust" (New York Times) 

HUD: Facebook ads discriminate based on race

The Hill: HUD accuses Facebook of racial discrimination in real estate advertising

Curbed NY: City cuts deal to keep 400 units in Harlem & Lower East Side affordable for 40 more years

ALBANY CONTRIBUTIONS 

Sludge: Here are the special interests illegally funding the rogue IDC state senators

Ben Brachfeld: The August financial picture for ex-IDC senators & their challengers (Gotham Gazette)

Ben Brachfeld: The August financial picture for Democratic Attorney General candidates (Gotham Gazette)

Will Bredderman: Airbnb tries to buy support with $10 million in donations to non-profits (Crain's

Jeff Coltin: Real estate spending heavily on Attorney General race, hedging bets (City & State)

PROPOSALS FOR RENT CONTROL LAWS

Politico NY: Nixon & Williams tout universal rent control but are vague on details

New York Post editorial: Cynthia Nixon's proposal for universal rent control is a bad idea, will discourage developers from building housing

Rafael Espinal: Legalizing basement apartments can expand affordable housing supply (Daily News OpEd)

Michelle de la Uz: To solve housing crisis we must build more densely (Daily News OpEd)

Curbed NY: Plan to reduce greenhouse gas emissions gets real estate support; work will not qualify as MCIs

New York TImes: De Blasio signs law to reduce garbage going into low-income neighborhoods

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