Articles of Interest to Tenant Advocates - Mar. 4, 2018

Jarrett Murphy: Community Services Society report predicts loss of thousands of NYC affordable units in next few years as tax credit deals expire (City Limits) How Housing Matters: Center for Public Health Law Research surveys landlord-tenant laws, fair housing laws in 50 states NYCHA Inside City Hall: Interview with public housing tenants suing NYCHA (New York 1) New York Post: Cuomo says NYCHA's problems are due to poor management, not lack of funding Glenn Blain: State senate passes IDC bill giving Cuomo authority to appoint monitor to oversee NYCHA operations (Daily News) New York Post: Rockaway tenants get soaked as NYCHA takes more than a year to repair roof Crain's: NYC real estate titans parting ways with Jared Kushner's family business   The Real Deal: Portrait of Douglas Eisenberg, now one of major NYC landlords CORRUPTION New York Times: Jared Kushner's company received large loans after White House meetings with executives of the lenders  Rick Karlin: Ex-GOP state senator George Maziarz pleads guilty to funneling campaign funds to former staffer (Albany Times Union) Bob McCarthy on the Maziarz guilty plea (Buffalo News) New York Times editorial: Regardless of outcome in Percoco trial, Andrew Cuomo's tainted ethics have been exposed Charles Bagli: With $240 million deal, floodgates open for air rights in Midtown East (New York Times) Daily News: Dean Skelos & son, awaiting retrial, accuses federal prosecutors of misconduct New York Post: Real estate prices soar in 7 Manhattan & Brooklyn neighborhoods   Cuomo's Democratic Party chief comes to Washington Heights & takes a beating from voters angry about IDC (NY State of Politics) Mike McKee http://www.tenantspac.org/