McKee's Media 9/29/2020

 ​ARTICLES OF INTEREST TO TENANT ADVOCATES

Tenant Safe Harbor Act will be effective at least till Jan. 2020

Sydney Pereira: Tenant advocates call Cuomo's new order postponing evictions "misleading" & light on details (Gothamist)

Sarina Trangle: Cuomo announces extension of moratorium on residential evictions to January 1 (Newsday)
Kathryn Brenzel: Andrew Cuomo extended the state's ban on residential eviction. Sort of. Not really? It is complicated. (The Real Deal)
Nick Reisman: Advocates call for broad eviction moratorium (NY State of Politics)

Landlords v. tenants

Warehousing: Georgia Kromrei: Rent-stabilized apartments sit vacant as landlords refuse to spend on upgrades (The Real Deal)

Harron Walker: Philadelphia agrees to transfer 50 vacant homes to a community land trust established by Philadelphia Housing Action (Jezebel/The Slot)

Predatory Equity: The Real Deal: Blackstone assembles biggest predatory equity fund ever, preparing to scoop up COVID-devalued properties

Zach Williams: Why billionaire Ronald Lauder is targeting state senate Democrats (City & State)

Tenants charge harassment: Peter Senzamici: Fort Greene tenants charge landlord with harassment, illegal lockouts. Tenant advocates say these tactics are becoming more commonplace (The City)

Housing discrimination: Matthew Desmond: How Trump's race-baiting lets liberals off the hook (New York Times Magazine)

Zoning

Sylvia Varnam O'Regan: Judge voids permit for Extell's luxury condo tower on Upper West Side (The Real Deal)Kathryn Brenzel: Here's how the controversial Industry City rezoning plan came undone (The Real Deal)

VOTE IN NY, STARTING OCT. 24, 2020

Ethan Geringer-Sameth: Efforts launched to encourage New Yorkers to take advantage of early voting, avoid absentee ballot headaches

Greg Smith: Brooklyn voters get absentee ballots return envelopes with wrong name & address (The City)

Rachel Holliday Smith: Backyard politics: New York City Council candidates want more affordable housing in rich neighborhoods (The City)

NY Budget Crisis

Sandra Tan: Erie County to provide $10 million in grants for rent & mortgage payments (Buffalo News)

Dan Clark: As New York budget crisis looms, Democrats seek alternatives (NPR)
Nick Reisman: Budget options for New York State are limited if Congress does not come through with aid (NY State of Politics)
Pitchfork Economics: You can't starve your way out of a recession, with Kitty Richards (AUDIO)
Kitty Richards: Bolstering state economies by raising progressive taxes ( Roosevelt Institute)
Dana Rubenstein: New York City faces a financial abyss (New York Times)
Wall Street Journal: Manhattan offices nearly empty, threatening NYC's recovery
Bloomberg News: 6,000 NYC businesses have closed, bankruptcies up 40 percent, worse to come

Jeff Platsky: New York's post-COVID job losses outpace all other states but Hawaii (Poughkeepsie Journal)

Miscellaneous

Sylvia Varnham O'Regan: Why Airbnb is going public in a pandemic (The Real Deal)
Charlotte Cowles: How to use current market conditions to negotiate rent concessions (New York Times)

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