Tenants PAC's 20th anniversary and Articles of Interest to Tenant Advocates 10/3/2017

Celebrate Tenants PAC's   20th anniversary Wednesday, November 8     6:30 -- 9:00 pm Guest of Honor:  Attorney General Eric Schneiderman Special Guest: Andrea Stewart-Cousins,  next Majority Leader of the New York  State Senate Click here for the invitation. Click here to purchase tickets, to become a sponsor,   and to purchase an ad in the commemorative journal Articles of Interest to Tenant Advocates: Marisol Alcantara & Jose Peralta: Our first priority is to pass bills  to protect tenants   (El Diario) Luis Rodriguez-Nieves & Lucy Paulino: Talk is cheap: what will the IDC actually do to pass these pro-tenant bills?  (El Diario) City Limits: Is "Housing Not Warehousing" next? Gothamist: NYC will pay 12 months of rent for some homeless families willing to leave town Patch.com: 42-unit rent-stabilized building in Washington Heights sold for $12.5 million The Real Deal: Trump tax cut could make luxury condo development much more lucrative, discourage building of rental housing Ross Barkan: Why I am running against state senator Marty Golden (Medium) The Real Deal: City Planning director Marisa Lago says rezonings are not taking too long DNA Info: Knickerbocker Village gets $33.5 million in "Build it Back" funds ProPublica: Baltimore tenants file class action lawsuit against Jared Kushner's real estate company, alleging illegal fees & improper eviction proceedings Ross Barkan: Pundits say Trump is bipartisan; are they high? (City & State) http://cityandstateny.com/articles/opinion/bipartisan-donald-trump-are-they-high.html Ken Lovett: Mike Gianaris meets with potential primary challenger to Jeff Klein, says he is vulnerable (Daily News) http://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/state-senate-big-eyes-takedown-breakaway-democrats-chief-article-1.3534975 State of Politics: Democrats table resolution calling on state party, controlled by Cuomo, to share 1/4 of its funds with mainline state senate Dems http://www.nystateofpolitics.com/2017/10/resource-sharing-resolution-fails-amid-senate-jockeying/ Albany Times Union: Progressive Caucus pushes again for state Democratic Party to give 25 percent of its funds to state senate Democrats http://www.timesunion.com/7day-state/article/Progressives-again-push-state-Democrats-to-back-12246617.php Jim Brennan: The MTA's long-term financial problem is severe, & soon will be worse (Gotham Gazette) (MUST READING) https://jimbrennanscommentaries.com/ New York Times: Stringer says subway delays could cost NYC $389 million per year https://www.nytimes.com/2017/10/01/nyregion/new-yorks-subway-delays-could-cost-city-389-million-a-year.html?_r=0 Daily News: Nicole Malliotakis TV ad slams de Blasio over NYC subways http://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/nicole-malliotakis-rips-de-blasio-city-subways-tv-ad-article-1.3531106 Laura Nahmias: Nicole Malliotakis balances need to distance herself from Trump with not angering her conservative Staten Island base (Politico NY) http://www.politico.com/states/new-york/albany/story/2017/09/28/malliotakis-runs-for-the-future-114750 New York Post: Sal Albanese sues Campaign Finance Board, demanding to be included in mayoral debate http://nypost.com/2017/10/02/de-blasio-challenger-says-hes-being-muzzled-by-campaign-finance-board/ New York Times: The only race in town: who will be the next City Council Speaker? https://www.nytimes.com/2017/10/02/nyregion/council-speaker-race-new-york.html?_r=0 Buffalo News: State Comptroller Tom DiNapoli reports that New York ranks last in taxes paid vs. return to state http://buffalonews.com/2017/10/03/gap-widens-federal-taxes-paid-new-yorkers-versus-washington-sends-empire-state/ Ginia Bellafante/Big CIty: What happened to police accountability? De Blasio won't say (New York Times) https://www.nytimes.com/2017/09/29/nyregion/what-happened-to-police-accountability-the-mayors-not-saying.html?ribbon-ad-idx=5&rref=nyregion&module=Ribbon&version=context&region=Header&action=click&contentCollection=N.Y.%20%2F%20Region&pgtype=article Errol Louis: Open your eyes, de Blasio: happy talk no way to deal with school violence (Daily News) http://www.nydailynews.com/opinion/school-violence-meets-happy-talk-article-1.3537153 Gothamist: ICE arrests 45 New Yorkers over 4 days in crackdown on sanctuary cities http://gothamist.com/2017/09/29/ice_arrests.php?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Daily%20Gothamist%20Daily%20Winter%20Storm%20Warning%20In%20Effect%20As%20NYC%20May%20See%206-12%20Of%20Snow%20Possibly%20More&utm_content=Daily%20Gothamist%20Daily%20Winter%20Storm%20Warning%20In%20Effect%20As%20NYC%20May%20See%206-12%20Of%20Snow%20Possibly%20More+CID_d49ed8f6d89817fbbdf53df4b14c9806&utm_source=CM&utm_term=ICE%20Arrests%2045%20New%20Yorkers%20In%204%20Days%20As%20Part%20Of%20Nationwide%20Raid%20On%20Sanctuary%20Cities Zack Fink: What's next after Silver & Skelos convictions were overturned? (New York 1 News) http://www.ny1.com/nyc/all-boroughs/news/2017/09/29/what-s-next-after-silver-and-skelos-overturned-convictions.html New York Post editorial: Cuomo could not resist taking cheap shot at Preet Bharara over reversals of Silver & Skelos convictions, no matter how bad it makes him look http://nypost.com/2017/09/29/andrew-cuomos-all-too-telling-cheap-shot-at-preet-bharara/ Politico NY: HHC chief slams Cuomo for withholding $380 million from NYC hospitals http://www.politico.com/states/new-york/albany/story/2017/09/29/outgoing-hhc-chief-cuomo-withholding-380-million-from-city-hospitals-114790 Patch.com: Harlem non-profit executive & wife sentenced to prison for embezzlement https://patch.com/new-york/washington-heights-inwood/s/g8qb5/former-harlem-nonprofit-executive-sentenced-for-embezzlement-scheme?utm_source=newsletter-daily&utm_medium=email&utm_term=police%20%26%20fire&utm_campaign=newsletter&utm_content=article-topstories&utm_slot=2 Daily News: Ex-con Michael Grimm declares run for his old Congressional seat http://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/disgraced-ex-rep-michael-grimm-announces-bid-reclaim-old-seat-article-1.3534550 Crain's: Grimm says he has paid his debt to society. The tax man says otherwise http://www.crainsnewyork.com/article/20171002/POLITICS/171009993/michael-grimms-comeback-after-his-tax-evasion-conviction-is?mc_cid=333811d4d1&mc_eid=aa50093a8c The Real Deal: Dan Doctoroff talks of his years as Bloomberg's deputy mayor https://therealdeal.com/2017/09/28/we-created-money-out-of-air-doctoroff-talks-high-line-hudson-yards/?utm_source=The+Real+Deal+E-Lerts&utm_campaign=f30926cf09-New_York_Weekend_Update_11.19.2016&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_6e806bb87a-f30926cf09-388007541 New York Times: Transit workers elect new leader to replace John Samuelson https://www.nytimes.com/2017/09/29/nyregion/transit-workers-tasked-with-improving-subway-name-a-new-leader.html?_r=0 Jamelle Bouie: Trump promised a government only for white Americans, & in showing he doesn't care about Puerto Rico or its residents, he is fulfilling his promise (Slate)  http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/politics/2017/10/trump_s_poor_response_to_puerto_rico_is_no_surprise.html City & State: A boarding school classmate on how Eric became a Trump http://cityandstateny.com/articles/personality/interviews-and-profiles/eric-trump-interview-hill-school.html#.WdJeG2hSyUl New York Times: Mike Wallace prepares to publish Volume II of "Gotham" history of NYC https://www.nytimes.com/2017/09/29/nyregion/mike-wallace-the-man-of-gotham.html?ribbon-ad-idx=5&rref=nyregion&module=Ribbon&version=context&region=Header&action=click&contentCollection=N.Y.%20%2F%20Region&pgtype=article Mike McKee http://www.tenantspac.org/