NY Times Calls for Stronger Rent Laws and other articles - Sept. 12, 2018

ARTICLES OF INTEREST TO TENANT ADVOCATES:

  

New York Times editorial calls for stronger rent protection laws: Voters should flip state senate to Democratic control, in order to close loopholes in rent regulation system & stop the loss of affordable apartments

Sam Roberts: A history of home rule: why New York City needs Albany's permission to do just about anything (New York Times)

New York Post: Ritchie Torres introduces "property tax transparency" bill

Daily News: Residents decry gentrification of Lower East Side as new Marshalls department store gets ready to open next to Katz's Delicatessen

PRIMARY ELECTION SEPT. 13 - GUIDES

Gotham Gazette: Last-minute guide to tomorrow's primary election

City & State: List of all candidates running in New York State in 2018

Ken Lovett: Roundup of tomorrow's Democratic primary races (Daily News)

ENFORCEMENT 

Sally Goldenberg: Housing Rights Initiative accuses Dept. of Buildings of going soft on Jared Kushner (Politico NY)

Greg Smith: NYC failed to inspect for lead in Section 8 apartments (Daily News)

ELECTION CONTRIBUTIONS and TACTICS

Amy Plitt: Real estate pours money into New York primary races (CurbedNY)

Splinter: Real estate mogul Steve Ross spends $100K in last-ditch effort to defeat Zephyr Teachout

Gothamist: IDC slush finds makes $345K donations to five rogue senators facing primaries

Splinter: Real estate mogul Steve Ross spends $100K in last-ditch effort to defeat Zephyr Teachout

New York Times editorial: Cuomo's anti-semitic smear of Cynthia Nixon is dirty politics at its worst

New York Post: Top Cuomo aide pitched anti-Semitic story to New York Post, casting doubts over governor's denial that he did not know about or approve the mailer to Jewish voters

Tom Precious: Jumaane Williams says Kathy Hochul has turned lieutenant governor office into an expensive ribbon-cutting operation (Buffalo News)

Sludge: Unions given work on new Tappan Zee Bridge gave almost $800K to Andrew Cuomo's re-election campaign

Crain's: Blackstone to buy 1300-unit Parker Towers in Forest Hills for $500 million

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