Articles of Interest to Tenant Advocates - 2/4/2018

New York Times: Affordable housing crisis about to  get even worse, thanks to Trump Karen DeWitt: State senate Dems say first  priority if they gain majority is campaign  finance reform, including closing the   LLC loophole (NPR) City & State profile of Jeff Klein, leader of  rogue state senate Democrats  Daily News: 53 elected officials demand  immediate fix for NYCHA heating systems The Intercept: Trumpkins are considering  work requirements & rent hikes for HUD- subsidized housing The Lo-Down: 85 Bowery landlord paying for  some displaced residents to stay in Chinatown  hotel until vacate order is lifted Greenpoint Star: Ex-president of Lindsay  Park Mitchell-Lama coop in Williamsburg  faces 3 years in prison for taking bribes  while complex deteriorated

Articles of Interest to Tenant Advocates - 2/10/2018

New York Times: City Council grills NYCHA chair  Shola Olatoye on heat failures; Speaker Corey  Johnson asks her to apologize, she refuses Greg Smith: NYCHA chair accompanied by city's  top lawyer to city council hearing (Daily News) New York Post: Olatoye says City Hall ignored  her pleas for more money for repairs Observer: De Blasio says public housing tenants  deserve living standards to the extent that the   City can afford to provide them Bill Mahoney: Real estate developers among  biggest donors to Cuomo's re-election campaign,  governor still raking in LLC money (Politico NY) City Limits interview with a very defensive IDC  senator Marisol Alcantara on Inwood rezoning &  legislation to strengthen rent protections Steve Wishnia: Chinatown tenants face at least  6 more weeks homeless before structural repairs   are completed at 85 Bowery (Village Voice) amny: 85 Bowery tenants plan hunger strike  in effort to get back into building vacated for   safety violations, demand HPD take over repair work Observer: Cuomo sets post-budget April 24 as date for  special elections for 2 vacant state senate & 9 vacant  state assembly seats

Articles of Interests to Tenant Advocates 1/23/2018

CITY  Daily News: De Blasio donors chosen to  build luxury towers on NYCHA land New York Times: New homeless shelters  slow to open, despite de Blasio's promise New York Post: City sues Chelsea landlord for  $1 million for turning apartment building into  illegal Airbnb  hotel New York Times: Lower Manhattan tenants oppose  new elevators to make subway accessible to riders  with disabilities, claiming they could be terrorist target

Articles of Interest to Tenant Advocates - 1/17/2018

TENANTS SPEAK OUT NY 1 Noticias: Inwood tenants door-knock to  press Sen. Marisol Alcantara to deliver on  rent legislation Real Estate Weekly: West Village Houses  renters ask A.G. to probe Andrew Cuomo's  role in 2006 conversion of the affordable  housing complex to market rate housing Daily News: Tenants in least expensive  neighborhoods file the most heat complaints ALBANY Will Bredderman: Cuomo continues to rake in  real estate money through the LLC loophole t hat he claims he wants to repeal (Crain's) Lisa DellAquila: Long before accusations against  Jeff Klein, we knew that the IDC did not advocate  for women or families (Journal News) New York Times: Cuomo, Klein under  fire for reactions to sexual misconduct   accusation Nick Reisman: Cuomo proposes $168 billion  budget (NY State of Politics) City & State: Five takeaways from Cuomo's  budget presentation Jimmy Vielkind: Cuomo includes non-fiscal items  (but not rent protections) in budget as means of  forcing them through legislature (Politico NY) RIGHT TO COUNSEL City Limits: City tackles roll-out of right  to counsel in Housing Court

Articles of Interest to Tenant Advocates 1/15/2018

(EXCERPTED)  ALBANY Nick Reisman: Rocky start for 2018 legislative session  (NY State of Politics) Karen DeWitt: Cuomo's budget, to be unveiled Tuesday ,expected to be grim (NPR) Joseph Spector: Four ways you might be impacted by  Cuomo's budget (WGRZ) Nick Reisman: Moody's says New York State budget  faces serious challenges (NY State of Politics) IDC Capitol Confidential: Jeff Klein gets a new  challenger in Democratic primary The New Yorker: Stuyvesant High School  student tries to unseat IDC member Jose Peralta

Articles of Interest to Tenant Advocates - Jan. 6, 2018

City Limits: Everything you need to know about  mandatoryinclusionary housing but were  afraid to ask Crain's:REBNY backs down, says governor's  interpretation of 421-a deal is correct The Real Deal on disagreement between  REBNY '& Cuomo over 421-a deal The Real Deal: Tenant of Jared Kushner says  101 MacDougal Street is a death trap New York Post: Stringer audit finds HPD collects tiny   fraction of fines against bad landlords The Real Deal: Slate Property Group sues  lawyers for telling them they could evict  Section 8 tenants at 222-224 West 21st Street

Deliver a Message to Gov. Cuomo Jan. 3rd.

CELEBRATE THE NEW YEAR  BY DELIVERING A MESSAGE  TO GOVERNOR CUOMO. Wednesday, January 3, 2018 Albany, New York Travel with us to Albany on Wednesday to protest at the Governor's State of the State speech. Demand that Gov. Cuomo take meaningful action to win meaningful reforms to the rent laws and win significant new funds for public housing repairs & new affordable housing statewide.  Tenants are demanding that Gov. Cuomo put these necessary reforms into his executive budget which he will release later in January. DRESS WARMLY! For information on buses & vans: Call or email on Tuesday: (You will not be able to reach Andrea until Tuesday) Andrea Shapiro - Met Council on Housing andrea@metcouncilonhousing.org (212) 979-6238 ext 102 (718) 207-2439 Happy New Year to all. Here's to tenant victories in 2018.