McKee's Media - Feb. 15, 2019

NATIONAL RENT REGULATION

Portland Mercury: Oregon state senate passes statewide rent control bill

Konrad Pulitzer: Progressive lawmakers in several states take aim at landlords with rent control, tax proposals (Wall Street Journal)

WIVB-TV: Akron mobile home residents continue rent strike against out-of-town owner (VIDEO)

ALBANY

Raina Lipsitz: Andrea Stewart-Cousins is Albany's best hope (The Nation)

Fred Mogul: New York's rent reform battle has just begun (Gothamist/WNYC)

City Limits: Tenant organizations ramping up push to strengthen, expand rent protection laws

Oksana Mironova: The fight for stronger rent laws is New York is beginning (Shelterforce)

Nick Reisman: Andrew Cuomo says his rent control plan is "very aggressive" (NY State of Politics)

Rebecca Lewis: Interview with Julia Salazar, youngest member of the state senate, about her first month in office & universal rent control (City & State)

Amy Bettys: Cuomo's proposal to lower threshold to $500 for lobbying registration would hurt grass roots groups (City & State OpEd)

NY CITY COUNCIL AND LOCAL CONSTRUCTION

amny: With higher interest rates & new anti-harassment rules, landlords are less likely to pursue buyouts of rent-regulated tenants

Gothamist: City Council bills would limit brokers fees & security deposits

Amy Plitt: Hell's Kitchen will get 258 long-planned affordable apartments (Curbed NY)

NYCHA

David Goodman: Interim NYCHA chair Stanley Brezenoff breaks with de Blasio on settlement wit HUD, criticizes lack of federal money (New York Times)

Gotham Gazette: City Council Public Housing Committee chair Alicka Ampry-Samuel on NYCHA settlement

AMAZON

Politico NY: Amazon executives, unaware a decision had been made to cancel the deal, negotiated with state & city officials three hours before announcement

 David Goodman: Amazon pulls plug on Queens headquarters; major blow to Cuomo & de Blasio (New York Times)

Michael Gormley: Cuomo blames Long Island Democratic senators for loss of Amazon headquarters (Newsday)

Bloomberg News: A day before canceling deal, Amazon, state officials & union officials might have reached a framework for resolution (VIDEO)

Annie McDonough: Amazon opponents might face backlash from voters (City & State)

https://www.cityandstateny.com/articles/politics/new-york-city/amazon-pulls-out-of-HQ2.html

Ross Barkan: Amazon's retreat from NYC represents a turning point in how progressive politicians deal with corporate welfare (The Guardian OpEd)

Afua Atta-Mensah: For New York to become a real democracy, legislative solutions cannot ignore the need for racial equality (Gotham Gazette Op-Ed)

TAX THE RICH AND FAIR ELECTIONS

 Samar Khurshid: De Blasio criticizes Cuomo's proposed budget cuts, presents NYC's Albany agenda (Gotham Gazette)

Albany Times Union editorial: Public financing of elections would go a long way toward reducing the influence of big monx

Vivian Wang: New York millionaires ask Albany to raise their taxes (New York Times)

Brendan Lyons: Cuomo asks Trump to roll back cap on state and local tax deductions (Albany Times Union)

Mike McKee

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