McKee's Media, Aug. 11, 2018

REZONING City Limits: City Council approves Inwood rezoning with 1 "no" vote + 1 abstention New York Times: Fighting over the future of Inwood, New York's last affordable neighborhood Daily News OpEd: The zoning game is rigged: The city must slow down & do an honest cost-benefit analysis Patch: Inwood small business owners fear loss of their leases & loss of their customers in de Blasio's rezoning plan Patch: Nine arrested in protest against Inwood rezoning Curbed NY: City Planning Commission greenlights 80 Flatbush Avenue skyscraper AirBnB Jillian Jorgensen: De Blasio signs bill to crack down on those who illegally list residences on Airbnb (Daily News) ANTI-DISPLACEMENT TOOL KIT Jarrett Murphy: ANHD creates anti-displacement tool kit (City Limits) IDC David Freedlander: Cuomo's state senate deal unravels as challengers to rogue Democrats gain momentum (New York Magazine) ETHICS Chris Bragg: As Board of Elections prepares to strip enforcement counsel Risa Sugarman of independence, Cuomo & other state leaders remain silent (Albany Times Union) Gotham Gazette: State board of elections members vote 3-1 to curtail subpoena power of enforcement counsel Risa Sugarman RENTS Patch: Tenants at 435 Central Park West win lawsuit for rent stabilization coverage Washington Post: In expensive cities, rents fall for the rich, but rise for the poor Mitchell-Lama New York Times: New deal to keep 325 apartments affordable in former Mitchell-Lama complex Waterside Plaza Greg Smith: DeBlasio floats plan to convert long-promised development on NYCHA land from 100 percent affordable to 75 percent luxury (Daily News) NIMBY Queens Chronicle: Ozone Park resident stages hunger strike to protest homeless shelter Mike McKee http://www.tenantspac.org/ Copyright © 2018 TenantsPAC, All rights reserved.