McKee's Media - Dec. 14, 2018

ARTICLES OF INTEREST  TO TENANT ADVOCATES (Excerpted) State legislators pledge real rent reform is top priority   Noah Manskar: At City Hall rally, state legislators vow to make real rent reform top priority for 2019  legislative session (Patch) Kings County Politics: Albany legislators commit to  universal rentcontrol platform at City Hall rally Nick Reisman: Tenant groups & others call on Gov.  Cuomo & state legislators to reject landlord campaign  contributions, pass  campaign finance reforms (NY State of Politics) The Villager: Stringer, Hoylman hold Town Hall on  future of rent regulations  Croman Tenants get compensation 1010 WINS: A.G. Barbara Underwood says checks  of $2,425 each are being mailed to 800 tenants who  were harassed by Steve Croman And from IMPACCT: Recommended reading: The New York Times: Bad Landlord? These Coders Are Here To Help Our Time Press: BP Adams, Cornegy Call on Feds to Investigate City's TPT Program Curbed NY: Co-Op City at 50 CityLab: New York's Small Businesses See a Glimmer of Hope Against Rising Rents City & State: Which NYC Districts Have the Most Rent-Regulated or Public Housing? The Conversation: Domicology: A New Way to Fight Blight Before Buildings Are Even Constructed Albany: Sen. Brian Kavanagh to head Housing Committee David Lombardo: Andrea Stewart-Cousins appoints committee  chairs: Brian Kavanagh gets Housing, Liz Krueger Finance,  Brad Hoylman Judiciary, Jessica Ramos Labor, Zellnor Myrie  Elections, Robert Jackson Cities (Capitol Confidential) Jeff Coltin: Some surprises as Andrea Stewart-Cousins  announces committee chairs; all six challengers who beat  IDC members get committees (City & State) Promoting tax breaks for landlords? Jarrett Murphy: Ruben Diaz Jr. says landlords should get  tax subsidy in exchange for restrictions on eliminating  preferential rents (City Limits) Campaign Finance and Outside Income Reform? Nick Reisman: 135 organizations push early 2019 vote  on election & campaign finance reforms (NY State of Politics) Vivian Wang: Pay commission recommends large salary hike  for state legislators, conditioned on limits on outside income &  lulus (New York Times) Zack Fink: Many Assembly members are unhappy with pay  commission proposal (NY State of Politics) New York Times editorial: Heastie & Flanagan must not undo  ethics reforms tied to salary hike Ken Lovett: Good government groups praise pay commission's  decision to tie salary increase for legislators to reforms (Daily News) Nick Reisman: Conservative Party chair slams pay commission  ban on outside income as "un-American" (NY State of Politics) Ken Lovett: Legislature might tie pay raise for Cuomo to reforms  in governor's office (Daily News) David Lombardo: Assembly Democrats weigh overturning  pay commission restrictions on outside income (Capitol  Confidential)  Nick Reisman: State senate Republicans weigh calling  special session to overturn pay commission recommendations  (NY State of Politics) NYCHA Curbed NY: De Blasio unveils 10-year $24 billion plan to  repair NYCHA buildings New York Post: De Blasio claims that NYCHA tenants don't  want feds to take over management. but public housing  resident contradicts him Brewer sues City: Curbed NY: City Council, Brewer sue  City Planning Commission over approval of 80-story buildings Lead Paint: The Villager: Lower East Side activists demand tougher enforcement of lead poisoning prevention law Mike McKee http://www.tenantspac.org/ Copyright © 2018 TenantsPAC, All rights reserved.