ARTICLES OF INTEREST TO TENANT ADVOCATES:
UPSTATEJesse Smith: Kingston Common Council schedules July 26 hearing on opting into rent control, schedules vote for July 28 (Kingston Wire)
Courtney Ward: Albany protestors call on Gov. Hochul, Assembly Members Fahy & McDonald to pass good cause eviction bill (News 10) (VIDEO)
Vince Briga: Binghamton landlord arrested for failure to appear in court on code violations; Mayor says it's just the beginning (Spectrum News) (VIDEO)
Paul Kirby: Candidates for Ulster County Executive weigh in on For The Many's proposal to regulate short-term rentals (Kingston Daily Freeman)
HOTELS INTO HOUSING?
David Porter: Hochul, Adams announce agreement on funding for new Penn Station (Seattle Times/AP)
MONEY & POLITICIANS
Greg David: Eric Adams wants to promote homeownership by people of color (The City)
https://www.thecity.nyc/2022/
David Brand: Pressed for shelter space, NYC turns to notorious landlords with ties to mayor's chief of staff (City Limits
Jeff Coltin: Eric Adams raises more from outside NYC for his re-election than from within the city (City & State)
Sally Goldenberg: Real estate executives flood NYC Mayor Eric Adams' 2025 re-election account. Here's who contributed (Politico)
Daily News: Crypto-touting real estate firm gave $21K to Eric Adams' 2025 re-election fund after he asked Hochul to veto mining bill
Annie McDonough: Redistricting commission releases draft New York City Council maps for 2023 election (City & State)
Jeff Coltin: Rivera, Niou and Goldman form top tier in new poll for 10th congressional district; de Blasio has withdrawn(City & State)
Jeff Coltin: Yuh-Line Niou and Carlina Rivera tied for first in another new poll for 10th congressional district (City & State)
Theodore Hamm: Carlina Rivera raises money from landlords as Yuh-Line Niou stakes out clear control of the left lane in race for 10th congressional district (The Indypendent)
Gothamist: NYC real estate industry dumps lots of money into primary for 10th congressional district, especially to Rivera, Goldman & Jones
Jeff Coltin: Mondaire Jones swore off Goldman Sachs money -- but took donations from its top lobbyists (City & State)
City & State: In seventh place in two polls, Bill de Blasio drops out of race for new 10th congressional district
The City: De Blasio can use the $500K he raised for aborted congressional run as a slush fund to pay off his debts
Nicholas Fandos: Carolyn Maloney lends $900K to her congressional campaign against Jerry Nadler (New York Times)
Zach Williams: State senate wannabe David Yassky claims false endorsements (New York Post)
Chris Bragg: Carpenters union plans $1 million Independent Expenditure to help Hochul + some Democratic senators (Albany Times Union)
Carl Campanile: Here's the $93K proof that Andrew Cuomo tried to make a political comeback (New York Post)
David Alexis & Alex Vitale: A new deal for public safety (Gotham Gazette Opinion)
https://www.gothamgazette.com/
Bobby Cuza: Former Brooklyn Assembly Member Al Vann dies at 87 (New York 1) (VIDEO)
https://www.ny1.com/nyc/all-
Politico New York Playbook: Ex-Cuomo crew has thoughts
DEED THEFT AND EVICTION
Chau Lam: Brooklyn man faces eviction from home he has owned for more than 50 years (Gothamist
Nolan Hicks: NYC lost more than 5,000 Manhattan businesses during the pandemic (New York Post)
Tim Murphy: Could NYCHA really fall into private hands? Controversy over Preservation Trust legislation (City & State)
Janaki Chadha: NYC tried to make apartments affordable. The opposite happened. (Politico).