McKee's Media - July 16, 2019

ARTICLES OF INTEREST TO TENANT ADVOCATES LANDLORDS REACT TO NEW LAW:  The Real Deal: Game over: After monumental  reforms, landlords brace for fallout as business  model of forcing rent-regulated tenants out in  name of profit is ended pdf version: file:///C:/Users/Michael%20McKee /Downloads/Game%20Over.pdf   Lois Weiss: Landlords wig out over rent law  reforms (New York Post) Georgia Kromrei: How some landlords are trying  to get around the new rent law (The Real Deal)    WTEN News: New rent control law will have impact  on upstate New York (VIDEO) Albany Business Review: Capital District landlords  get training on new law, anticipate lobbying against  more pro-tenant changes next year Marc Goldstein: I will let my 400 rent-stabilized  apartments deteriorate because of new rent law  (Daily News OpEd) Ross Barkan: Landlord who ran OpEd in Daily  News saying he will let his buildings fall apart  because of new rent laws cannot legally do that  (Gothamist) Eddie Small: Despite new rent law, Meridian  Properties buys two Brooklyn rent-stabilized  properties for $35 million (The Real Deal) . . . by suing in federal court:  Luis Ferré-Sadurní:  Landlords sue to dismantle  rent regulation system (New York Times) Wall Street Journal: NYC landlords file federal  lawsuit seeking to overturn new state rent control  law, A.G. Tish James promises to defend law The Real Deal: CHIP, RSA file federal lawsuit  against new rent law Ryan Deffenbaugh: NYC landlords take rent  control fight to federal courts (Crain's)   SOME PROTECTIONS IN NEW LAW Sarina Trangle: New rent law bars discrimination in  renting based on black lists, but how will it be  enforced? (amny) Brick Underground: Under new rent law landlords  can no longer ask for "last month's rent" plus  security deposit Paris Martineau: How 9 people built an illegal $5  million Airbnb empire in NYC (Wired) Lincoln Anderson: City Council approves destruction  of Elizabeth Street Garden for affordable housing  project (The Villager) RENT GUIDELINES BOARD Garret Reich: What will it take for the rent guidelines  board to stop raising the rent? (Indypendent) Eddie Small: Interview with NYC Public Advocate  Jumaane Williams (The Real Deal) WITHOUT REAL ESTATE, STATE SENATE DEMS  RAISE $$ Nick Reisman: State Senate Democrats raise $2.3  million in last 6 months; no real estate donations  (NY State of Politics) NYS TO INVESTIGATE FACEBOOK HOUSING  ADS for DISCRIMINATION Valeria Ricciulli: NYS to investigate Facebook's  housing ads for possible illegal discrimination  (Curbed NY) HOMELESS, LUXURY, AMAZON, GREEN  BUILDING Greg Smith: Punch cards for homeless as they  try to qualify for housing (THE CITY)  New York Times: Luxury sales spike as buyers  rush to avoid higher mansion taxes Liz Kim: Booted from Queens, Amazon is now  driving up rents in Virginia (Gothamist)    City Limits: The Disappearing 3-bedroom apartment:  Larger families have few affordable options in NYC John Moon: Building affordable & green: energy- efficient homes reduce operating costs significantly  (Shelterforce)  Mike McKee http://www.tenantspac.org/ Copyright © 2019 TenantsPAC, All rights reserved.