McKee's Media - 8/25/2019

ARTICLES OF INTEREST TO TENANT ADVOCATES

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New Rent Laws

The Real Deal: Landlords find creative ways to get around new rent rules

Tim Collins: Can first rents be fair rents? Landlords exploit loophole. (Palante Harlem)

Graham Ciraulo answers Errol Louis on rent laws (Daily News Voice of the People)

New York Post: Rent control critics claim it will destroy New York City

Tenant Movement and Victories

Georgia Kromrei: Who funded the NYS tenant movement's victory over the real estate lobby? (The Real Deal)

Eddie Small: Tenants in another J51 lawsuit granted class action status (The Real Deal)

Development and zoning

Lynn Ellsworth: NYC could build 100 percent affordable housing at Floyd Bennett Field (The Villager OpEd) 

Judith Messina: Land banks take hold in Northeast, provide opportunities for affordable housing (The Real Deal)

Sarina Trangle: East New York community leaders create plan to develop Broadway Junction area (amny)

 

NYCHA 

Greg Smith: NYCHA admits that it can't get the lead out (THE CITY)

Campaign Financing 

Anna Sanders: Facing Dec. 1 deadline to craft public campaign financing system, panel plans five public hearings; fusion voting a big issue (Daily News) 

Alex Camarda: How state campaign finance commission can help Albany clean up its act (Gotham Gazette OpEd)

David Lombardo: State looking to hire new open government czar (Capitol Confidential)

Jon Campbell: Counties counting on state funds for early voting, fear that Cuomo administration will not release full funding (Journal News)

Homeless: Shelter residents

Denis Slattery: Shelter residents with jobs will be required to put 30 percent of their earnings into a savings account to be used for permanent housing (Daily News)

Shant Shahrigian: Despite opposition, Maspeth, Queens to get two new shelters (Daily News)

Kathryn Brenzel: At luxury building where tenant was crushed to death by elevator, a history of elevator problems (The Real Deal)

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