tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10719192136305919242024-03-21T11:25:19.234-04:00Save Affordable HousingKeep Housing Affordable in NYC
Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger352125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1071919213630591924.post-64843070468886800202024-02-08T13:39:00.005-05:002024-02-08T13:46:13.175-05:00One down, 4 tenant demands to go<p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Before the December 31, 2023 deadline, Governor Hochul signed the bill to cap rents in Frankensteined apartments, imposed penalties for failure to register stabilized apartments, clarify succession rights, and define fraud. (<a href="https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2023/S2980/amendment/C#:~:text=2023%2DS2980%20%2D%20Sponsor%20Memo&text=PURPOSE%3A%20The%20legislature%20passed%20the,persist%20after%20that%20landmark%20legislation." target="_blank">S.2980,</a> as amended by <a href="https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2023/S8011">S.8011</a>.)</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">But tenants need more! <a href="https://housingjusticeforall.org/our-platform/" target="_blank">Our Homes, Our Power - the 2024 campaign of Housing Justice for All </a> has bills affecting for areas:</span></p><ul style="background-color: white; font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><li style="margin-left: 15px;"><span class="il">Market-rate tenants</span> need the "<b><span class="il">Good</span> <span class="il">Cause</span></b>" bill passed so they can count on renewal leases without exorbitant rent increases. </li><li style="margin-left: 15px;">All New Yorkers need more "social housing" like the Mitchell-Lama program. T</li><li style="margin-left: 15px;"><span class="il">Tenants</span> whose buildings are being sold need first option to purchase (with support from non-profits) to keep their homes affordable. </li><li style="margin-left: 15px;">Poor <span class="il">tenants</span> need Housing Access Vouchers.</li></ul><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white;">Let's get to work! Contact your local tenant association or Housing Justice for All - or one of its <a href="https://housingjusticeforall.org/members/" target="_blank">more than 80 member groups</a>. </span></span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1071919213630591924.post-11135886517194994982023-11-30T13:00:00.005-05:002023-11-30T13:02:06.608-05:00Urge Gov. Hochul to sign 4 tenant bills - Dec. 2023!<p><span face="Tahoma, sans-serif" style="color: #222222; font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b>Spend just 5 minutes to urge the governor to sign 4 bills that have
passed the state legislature!</b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; vertical-align: bottom;"><span face="Tahoma, sans-serif" style="color: #222222; font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Governor Hochul just
has until December 31st to sign four bills that will end Frankensteining
and make it easier to keep rent stabilized units available and affordable at
honest rents by known landlords. So there's no time to lose.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; vertical-align: bottom;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span face=""Tahoma",sans-serif" style="color: #222222; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span><span face="Tahoma, sans-serif" style="color: #222222;">It's easy: </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; vertical-align: bottom;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span face="Tahoma, sans-serif" style="color: #222222;">1. <b>Pick a date
and time: </b>Just </span><a href="https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1bOUF84pxPMLCPCXcDbHmXc2EZBzGS0WTvE9PLSbjTPo/edit?usp=sharing" target="_blank"><span face=""Tahoma",sans-serif" style="color: #1155cc; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">click here</span></a><span face="Tahoma, sans-serif" style="color: #222222;"> to choose a time convenient to
you. (We have 5-minute slots, but the calls usually take under 2
minutes.) </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; vertical-align: bottom;"><span face=""Tahoma",sans-serif" style="color: #222222; font-family: arial; font-size: medium; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; vertical-align: bottom;"><span face=""Tahoma",sans-serif" style="color: #222222; font-family: arial; font-size: medium; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">2. <b>Call! </b> Click on the link provided on the chart to call through your computer. OR call Gov. Hochul directly: 518-474-8390. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; vertical-align: bottom;"><span face="Tahoma, sans-serif" style="color: #222222; font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Here's what you say
when you call: </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; vertical-align: bottom;"><span face=""Tahoma",sans-serif" style="color: #222222; font-family: arial; font-size: medium; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0in 0.5in; vertical-align: bottom;"><span face=""Tahoma",sans-serif" style="color: #222222; font-family: arial; font-size: medium; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Hi. I'm a New York City resident from [your
neighborhood], and I urge Governor Hochul to make this a happy holiday
for <i>all </i>tenants by signing <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0in 0.5in; vertical-align: bottom;"><span face=""Tahoma",sans-serif" style="color: #222222; font-family: arial; font-size: medium; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">S2980, S2943, S1684, and S995
now! <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0in 0.5in; vertical-align: bottom;"><span face=""Tahoma",sans-serif" style="color: #222222; font-family: arial; font-size: medium; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">These bills will keep rent stabilized
apartments available and affordable statewide at honest rents, with known
landlords. Thank you. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; vertical-align: bottom;"><span face=""Tahoma",sans-serif" style="color: #222222; font-family: arial; font-size: medium; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; vertical-align: bottom;"><span face=""Tahoma",sans-serif" style="color: #222222; font-family: arial; font-size: medium; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">3. <b>Note on the
chart who you spoke to and their response. </b><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; vertical-align: bottom;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span face=""Tahoma",sans-serif" style="color: #222222; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span><span face="Tahoma, sans-serif" style="color: #222222;">It should take you
roughly 5 minutes, start-to-finish!</span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; vertical-align: bottom;"><span face=""Tahoma",sans-serif" style="color: #222222; font-family: arial; font-size: medium; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1071919213630591924.post-64140692541190622002023-09-18T17:41:00.002-04:002023-09-18T17:42:30.904-04:00Call Gov. Hochul to fight landlord greed & secrecy!<p><a href=" https://housingjusticeforall.org/call-the-governor-fight-landlord-greed-and-secrecy/" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><b>CALL GOV. HOCHUL TODAY to sign 4 tenant bills into law. </b></span></a></p><p></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="background: rgb(233, 225, 204); line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-outline-level: 2; text-align: center;"><b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="color: #c30000; font-size: 18pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Call the Governor: Fight Landlord Greed and
Secrecy!<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<div style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-element: para-border-div; padding: 0in 0in 1pt;">
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 1.0pt 0in; padding: 0in; text-align: center;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="display: none; font-size: 8pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hide: all;">Top of Form<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="color: black; font-size: 15pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">In 2019, New York’s
tenant movement passed some of the most progressive pro-tenant legislation
in our state’s history. But since then,<b> landlords have tried to find
new ways to unfairly raise rents and hide behind a veil of secrecy.</b><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="color: black; font-size: 15pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Last year, the
legislature took important steps to close these loopholes and increase
transparency for tenants. Now they're waiting for Governor Hochul to sign
them into law.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="color: black; font-size: 15pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Taken together, these
four bills:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-left: 28.5pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list .5in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: black; font-family: Symbol; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-size: 15.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="color: black; font-size: 15pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">make it harder for landlords to hide behind
secretive shell companies.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-left: 28.5pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list .5in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: black; font-family: Symbol; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-size: 15.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="color: black; font-size: 15pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">fix how the state calculates rent overcharges<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-left: 28.5pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list .5in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: black; font-family: Symbol; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-size: 15.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="color: black; font-size: 15pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">decrease “Frankensteining” (combining vacant
rent stabilized apartments in order to jack up rents)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-left: 28.5pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list .5in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: black; font-family: Symbol; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-size: 15.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="color: black; font-size: 15pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">clear up rules around tenant succession and
landlord fraud<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-left: 28.5pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list .5in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: black; font-family: Symbol; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-size: 15.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="color: black; font-size: 15pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">make it easier for upstate cities to opt into
rent stabilization<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="color: black; font-size: 15pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Governor Hochul needs to
hear from you now!<b> </b><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="color: black; font-size: 15pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><a href="https://housingjusticeforall.org/call-the-governor-fight-landlord-greed-and-secrecy/" target="_blank">Tell the Governor to sign all four bills today.</a></span></b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="color: black; font-size: 15pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p><br /><p></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1071919213630591924.post-7161817262438927552023-04-21T14:40:00.003-04:002023-04-21T14:40:35.808-04:00Just say "NAY" on bill to undermine the 2019 housing law<p> <span style="background-color: white; color: #1c1e21; font-family: inherit; font-size: x-large; white-space: pre-wrap;">Go to </span><a class="x1i10hfl xjbqb8w x6umtig x1b1mbwd xaqea5y xav7gou x9f619 x1ypdohk xt0psk2 xe8uvvx xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r xexx8yu x4uap5 x18d9i69 xkhd6sd x16tdsg8 x1hl2dhg xggy1nq x1a2a7pz xt0b8zv x1fey0fg" href="https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2023/S6352?fbclid=IwAR0SbN77RNJLprjLLwuMLXlIBwKbymtuZqn_ii45Q7rFcO84hSMOf5eG_GI" rel="nofollow noopener" role="link" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; border-color: initial; border-style: initial; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: inline; font-family: inherit; font-size: x-large; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; text-decoration-line: none; touch-action: manipulation; white-space: pre-wrap;" tabindex="0" target="_blank">https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2023/S6352</a><span color="var(--primary-text)" style="background-color: white; color: #1c1e21; font-family: inherit; font-size: x-large; white-space: pre-wrap;"> and click NAY. </span></p><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #1c1e21; font-family: inherit; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #1c1e21; font-family: inherit; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span>Sen. Leroy Comrie's bill would</span><span color="var(--primary-text)" style="font-family: inherit;"> eat into the 2019 tenant protection law, </span><span style="font-family: inherit;">ending</span></span></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #1c1e21; font-family: inherit; white-space: pre-wrap;"><ul><li><span color="var(--primary-text)" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">the caps on IAIs, </span></li><li><span color="var(--primary-text)" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">the ban on longevity increases, and even </span></li><li><span color="var(--primary-text)" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">vacancy deregulation.</span></li></ul><div><span style="font-size: large;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjzvWg4S_9CeQTz8VHswe5UBORdviQOJfS2G-q0KyeTcv9UOZWjcX_3tmeh700BmudXyYBuha4FlsvXU-HDWtHIf62OGc9JJOAcwYRBQyvyZq3mi_uPXLCz-MsTJwnLlE_ddfFYYgcf6B8KGXvp7aWlUjwa-oUPtMxRNFI-sIPI71q8vUlXEAKx4qVI" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="232" data-original-width="400" height="262" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjzvWg4S_9CeQTz8VHswe5UBORdviQOJfS2G-q0KyeTcv9UOZWjcX_3tmeh700BmudXyYBuha4FlsvXU-HDWtHIf62OGc9JJOAcwYRBQyvyZq3mi_uPXLCz-MsTJwnLlE_ddfFYYgcf6B8KGXvp7aWlUjwa-oUPtMxRNFI-sIPI71q8vUlXEAKx4qVI=w451-h262" width="451" /></a></div><br /></span></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1071919213630591924.post-83257138318374032142023-02-10T14:20:00.005-05:002023-02-10T14:20:53.869-05:00Big win on MCIs!<p><b> <span style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 18px;">DHCR must determine "depreciability" for façade repair MCI</span></b></p><div class="post-header" style="color: #114399; line-height: 1.6; margin: 0px 0px 1.5em;"><div class="post-header-line-1"></div></div><div class="post-body entry-content" id="post-body-2433678785072533264" itemprop="description articleBody" style="font-size: 17.82px; line-height: 1.4; position: relative; width: 415.667px;"><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">If rent stabilized tenants in your building are facing a Major Capital Improvement (MCI) rent increase because of façade repair, <a href="https://www.tenantsny.org/https://iapps.courts.state.ny.us/nyscef/ViewDocument?docIndex=KqEiYpwvwADIqu3iw8hr8g==" style="color: #7b1fa2; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">this State Supreme Court decision </a>might help you. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">The state law requires that to qualify as an MCI, work must "depreciable" under the federal Internal Revenue Code. The court ruled that façade repair is no exception - despite what the regulations say. So the state's Division of Housing and Community Renewal must first determine whether the work done would be depreciable under the IRC. Regular repair work is NOT depreciable. To be depreciable, the work must</span></p><p></p><ul style="line-height: 1.4; list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; margin: 0.5em 0px; padding: 0px 2.5em;"><li style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">be performed for the first time</span></li><li style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">create something entirely new, and</span></li><li style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">be of significant scale (for example affecting at least 80% of the building). </span></li></ul><p></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">The Stuyvesant Town-Peter Cooper Village Tenant Association and its lawyers, Collins Dobkin & Miller, won this case - although it might be appealed. This is from the Stuyvesant Town-Peter Cooper Village Tenant Association newsletter:</span></p><p><strong style="color: #222222; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, Calibri, sans-serif;">Tenants get money back— court agrees with TA challenges to 19 façade MCIs </strong></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><strong style="color: #222222; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, Calibri, sans-serif;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1oAyhaqAn1L1P38GIf5pFsVVDxHA-tyQLdvXrJKUHNMRPVZykYawhAKDU4ygbr_qGhfrzxoVC_lzAknTsoY8lr9FZgdGOIxIeoEcGxZrkoDaM5X9PwxXKL9v-pQ_HMVZG9LPlE6J2-lhd4l7pnQrejaUgsiLaI_Ndx4SoozllHgc0cLK9mZl-is22/s3000/STPCVTA.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; color: #7b1fa2; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em; text-decoration-line: none;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="3000" height="221" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1oAyhaqAn1L1P38GIf5pFsVVDxHA-tyQLdvXrJKUHNMRPVZykYawhAKDU4ygbr_qGhfrzxoVC_lzAknTsoY8lr9FZgdGOIxIeoEcGxZrkoDaM5X9PwxXKL9v-pQ_HMVZG9LPlE6J2-lhd4l7pnQrejaUgsiLaI_Ndx4SoozllHgc0cLK9mZl-is22/w221-h221/STPCVTA.png" style="border: none; position: relative;" width="221" /></a></strong></div><strong style="color: #222222; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, Calibri, sans-serif;"><br /></strong><p></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">The court issued a very favorable<a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.stpcvta.org/r?u%3Dwi6GI1zNTs-2jV46dyTJhM-sDUzabFwZUTfWQlurMrtmlciwbwOEjm-k-dPmlQqRuTe1Esq58mCRZaXcMKI4UHLzq4Otsx4kGg7CK_45uOY7EhX3RT3kjpmuDG7Pw1K9%26e%3Df0084abfddd305635be1a1d440952b64%26utm_source%3Dstpcvta%26utm_medium%3Demail%26utm_campaign%3D2023_01_07_mci_cancelled%26n%3D1&source=gmail&ust=1674933074702000&usg=AOvVaw1C77st3F9B_kNkw-yfInby" href="https://www.stpcvta.org/r?u=wi6GI1zNTs-2jV46dyTJhM-sDUzabFwZUTfWQlurMrtmlciwbwOEjm-k-dPmlQqRuTe1Esq58mCRZaXcMKI4UHLzq4Otsx4kGg7CK_45uOY7EhX3RT3kjpmuDG7Pw1K9&e=f0084abfddd305635be1a1d440952b64&utm_source=stpcvta&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=2023_01_07_mci_cancelled&n=1" rel="noreferrer" style="color: #1155cc; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"> Order and Decision</a> on the TA’s objections to DHCR’s granting of 19 individual Major Capital Improvement rent increases related to Local Law 11 façade work. As you know, we challenged all approved MCIs in a filing called an Article 78, which comes before the court.</p><p style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">We prevailed on the two key issues: failure to file in time and failure to consider depreciability as an IRS standard for work to qualify as an MCI.</p><p style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><br /></p></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1071919213630591924.post-39232816964564032652023-02-10T14:19:00.001-05:002023-02-10T14:19:04.453-05:00A change to HPD Mitchell-Lama rules? <p> <a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/1bw1ehDi2aNhvyUSUr2Ms3wwywmfWniLG/view?usp=sharing" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">HPD has proposed many changes to Mitchell-Lama rules. </span></a></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">The <b>hearing will be on March 14, 2023 from 10 to 11 AM, </b>and you can testify on line, by email, by regular mail, and by fax. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">You can participate on line by computer or phone. </span></p><p><a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/1bw1ehDi2aNhvyUSUr2Ms3wwywmfWniLG/view?usp=sharing" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Click here for how to submit testimony, how to participate in the hearing, and what the proposed changes are. </span></a></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1071919213630591924.post-85532670513894677822022-11-10T13:52:00.005-05:002022-11-10T13:52:41.762-05:00Kingston NY RGB rolls back rent!<blockquote style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;" type="cite"><div dir="ltr"><div name="messageBodySection"><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: "Be Vietnam", sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">November 10th, 2022</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><br /></span><strong style="font-family: "Be Vietnam", sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Kingston Tenants Win Historic 15% Rent Reduction from Rent Guidelines Board</strong><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><br /></span><em style="font-family: "Be Vietnam Pro", sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">This tenant organizing victory by For the Many and other grassroots groups comes after Orlando and several cities across California adopted rent control on Tuesday.</em><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><br /></span><strong style="font-family: "Be Vietnam Pro", sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">KINGSTON, N.Y.</strong> <span style="font-family: "Be Vietnam Pro", sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">- On Wednesday night,</span> <a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v%3DjGKoXW4VHVQ&source=gmail&ust=1668192112131000&usg=AOvVaw2QVq-Kv3U0v3d3AOoSXPJa" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jGKoXW4VHVQ" style="color: #1155cc; font-family: "Be Vietnam Pro", sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;" target="_blank">by a 6–3 vote,</a> <span style="font-family: "Be Vietnam Pro", sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">the Kingston Rent Guidelines Board enacted a historic 15% rent reduction for over 1,200 apartments across 64 rent-stabilized buildings.</span> <strong style="font-family: "Be Vietnam Pro", sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">This is the first rent reduction in New York State history</strong> <span style="font-family: "Be Vietnam Pro", sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">and comes after months of organizing by tenants, For the Many, and other grassroots groups, including Citizen Action, Mid-Hudson Valley DSA, and Housing Justice for All.</span><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "Be Vietnam Pro", sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">This rent reduction will apply to all new one- and two-year leases which commence between August 1, 2022 and September 30, 2023. All landlords from eligible “ETPA buildings” are now required to offer these leases to tenants. The Board also voted to create a three-year lookback period for</span> <a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://hcr.ny.gov/system/files/documents/2022/10/fact-sheet-06-10-2022.pdf&source=gmail&ust=1668192112131000&usg=AOvVaw3xsbdAdmDRz-qz3vvpWhBh" href="https://hcr.ny.gov/system/files/documents/2022/10/fact-sheet-06-10-2022.pdf" style="color: #1155cc; font-family: "Be Vietnam Pro", sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;" target="_blank">Fair Market Rent Appeals,</a> <span style="font-family: "Be Vietnam Pro", sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">which allows tenants a one-time challenge to their base rent, to which all future adjustments will be applied.</span><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "Be Vietnam Pro", sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">The six votes in favor of a rent reduction were tenant representatives</span> <strong style="font-family: "Be Vietnam Pro", sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">Carol Soto</strong> <span style="font-family: "Be Vietnam Pro", sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">and</span> <strong style="font-family: "Be Vietnam Pro", sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">Michael Tierney</strong> <span style="font-family: "Be Vietnam Pro", sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">and public representatives</span> <strong style="font-family: "Be Vietnam Pro", sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">Mie Inouye, Noah Kippley-Ogman, Diana Lopez,</strong> <span style="font-family: "Be Vietnam Pro", sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">and</span> <strong style="font-family: "Be Vietnam Pro", sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">Arlene Puentes.</strong> <span style="font-family: "Be Vietnam Pro", sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">The three votes against were property owner representatives</span> <strong style="font-family: "Be Vietnam Pro", sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">Anthony Tampone</strong> <span style="font-family: "Be Vietnam Pro", sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">and</span> <strong style="font-family: "Be Vietnam Pro", sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">Tara Perry</strong> <span style="font-family: "Be Vietnam Pro", sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">and public representative</span> <strong style="font-family: "Be Vietnam Pro", sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">Michael Brown.</strong> <span style="font-family: "Be Vietnam Pro", sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">Earlier in the meeting, Perry’s motion for a 5% rent increase failed 1–8. A straw poll for a 30% rent reduction attracted the support of Soto, Tierney, Inouye, and Lopez.</span><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "Be Vietnam Pro", sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">In July, after successful organizing by For the Many and other allies, Kingston</span> <a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.timesunion.com/hudsonvalley/news/article/Kingston-housing-emergency-rent-control-17337764.php&source=gmail&ust=1668192112131000&usg=AOvVaw0VrSYt4xxyK4jI8rCWjn4K" href="https://www.timesunion.com/hudsonvalley/news/article/Kingston-housing-emergency-rent-control-17337764.php" style="color: #1155cc; font-family: "Be Vietnam Pro", sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;" target="_blank">declared a housing emergency</a> <span style="font-family: "Be Vietnam Pro", sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">to opt into the Emergency Tenant Protection Act (ETPA). This created the first Rent Guidelines Board in the state north of Rockland County. The Board governs rents for all buildings of six or more units built before 1974. This includes some of the largest apartment complexes in Kingston, including Stony Run, Fairview Gardens, Dutch Village, and Spring Brook Village.</span><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "Be Vietnam Pro", sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">In October, For the Many</span> <a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.timesunion.com/hudsonvalley/news/article/Tenants-groups-rent-control-board-Kingston-17502378.php?IPID%3DTimes-Union-HP-HV-package&source=gmail&ust=1668192112131000&usg=AOvVaw1esO1T4a-UIGApaqKvxgCn" href="https://www.timesunion.com/hudsonvalley/news/article/Tenants-groups-rent-control-board-Kingston-17502378.php?IPID=Times-Union-HP-HV-package" style="color: #1155cc; font-family: "Be Vietnam Pro", sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;" target="_blank">launched</a> <span style="font-family: "Be Vietnam Pro", sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">its Reduce Kingston’s Rents campaign, calling on the Board to enact a historic rent reduction and adopt a long lookback period. A reduction is necessary to counteract outrageous rent gouging by landlords. From 2016 to 2020,</span> <a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://ulstercountyny.gov/sites/default/files/documents/planning/2020_Rental_Housing_Report.pdf&source=gmail&ust=1668192112131000&usg=AOvVaw0YbUmWwaPY__Ar1Nu5yGHh" href="https://ulstercountyny.gov/sites/default/files/documents/planning/2020_Rental_Housing_Report.pdf" style="color: #1155cc; font-family: "Be Vietnam Pro", sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;" target="_blank">Ulster County rents rose</a> <span style="font-family: "Be Vietnam Pro", sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">by 27% for a one-bedroom apartment and 48% for a two-bedroom. Rents have only shot up further during the pandemic;</span> <a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.zillow.com/research/data/&source=gmail&ust=1668192112131000&usg=AOvVaw2GIFgb1ns7mQRcsJE1KAkq" href="https://www.zillow.com/research/data/" style="color: #1155cc; font-family: "Be Vietnam Pro", sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;" target="_blank">Zillow data</a> <span style="font-family: "Be Vietnam Pro", sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">shows that the average Kingston rent has doubled since 2015.</span> <strong style="font-family: "Be Vietnam", sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">More information can be found in</strong> <a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://docs.google.com/document/d/1sLP_HXgy614XhYCxnJAe5trXcUEZ2djbc8cJTlslb_E/edit&source=gmail&ust=1668192112131000&usg=AOvVaw1QohiyBjtPAQxX3YXmqgjU" href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1sLP_HXgy614XhYCxnJAe5trXcUEZ2djbc8cJTlslb_E/edit" style="color: #1155cc; font-family: "Be Vietnam", sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;" target="_blank"><strong>this fact sheet.</strong></a><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "Be Vietnam Pro", sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">At both public hearings held by the Board, tenants and their allies turned out overwhelmingly in support of a rent reduction. At the</span> <a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v%3D6QRn3xkhNr0&source=gmail&ust=1668192112131000&usg=AOvVaw0LZ16tz_bm0uWa_hU1JAxY" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6QRn3xkhNr0" style="color: #1155cc; font-family: "Be Vietnam Pro", sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;" target="_blank">October 25th hearing,</a> <span style="font-family: "Be Vietnam Pro", sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">22 of the 29 speakers were tenants or their allies. At the</span> <a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v%3DbPcF9D1Rzc0&source=gmail&ust=1668192112131000&usg=AOvVaw0UcGlnGZP4bpNiZEe6cEsl" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bPcF9D1Rzc0" style="color: #1155cc; font-family: "Be Vietnam Pro", sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;" target="_blank">November 5th hearing,</a> <span style="font-family: "Be Vietnam Pro", sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">more than fifty speakers called for a rent reduction, with just two landlords testifying in opposition.</span><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "Be Vietnam Pro", sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">One of these landlords admitted to owning no ETPA buildings, and the other was Rich Lanzarone, executive director of the Hudson Valley Property Owners Association. Not only did he say hearing about the struggles of tenants</span> <a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://twitter.com/ForTheMany/status/1588946671509319682&source=gmail&ust=1668192112131000&usg=AOvVaw3Q_9jezS_YzZtEOxStInQd" href="https://twitter.com/ForTheMany/status/1588946671509319682" style="color: #1155cc; font-family: "Be Vietnam Pro", sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;" target="_blank">makes him want to “puke,”</a> <span style="font-family: "Be Vietnam Pro", sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">but he also inexplicably cited the Magna Carta as a legal precedent. Lanzarone is also the lead plaintiff in</span> <a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.dailyfreeman.com/2022/10/31/landlords-lawsuit-of-over-kingston-rent-rules-nonsensical-progressive-group-says/&source=gmail&ust=1668192112131000&usg=AOvVaw0nGvOq_TTmHlgn6UX0xdaH" href="https://www.dailyfreeman.com/2022/10/31/landlords-lawsuit-of-over-kingston-rent-rules-nonsensical-progressive-group-says/" style="color: #1155cc; font-family: "Be Vietnam Pro", sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;" target="_blank">a nonsensical lawsuit</a> <span style="font-family: "Be Vietnam Pro", sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">attempting to strike down the entire Board; a requested temporary restraining order has</span> <a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.law360.com/real-estate-authority/articles/1544422/ny-landlords-lose-quick-bid-to-stop-rent-control-expansion&source=gmail&ust=1668192112131000&usg=AOvVaw3s-fQAewZ-DLt-PErRh_bv" href="https://www.law360.com/real-estate-authority/articles/1544422/ny-landlords-lose-quick-bid-to-stop-rent-control-expansion" style="color: #1155cc; font-family: "Be Vietnam Pro", sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;" target="_blank">already been denied</a> <span style="font-family: "Be Vietnam Pro", sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">by a judge.</span><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "Be Vietnam Pro", sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">Many tenants who testified in favor of a rent reduction at the hearings were Stony Run residents. Their apartment complex is the largest ETPA-eligible one in Kingston, and was bought last year by real estate investment firm</span> <a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.akercompanies.com&source=gmail&ust=1668192112131000&usg=AOvVaw2P4Qgb3z4Dqz77JPAGtkHK" href="https://www.akercompanies.com/" style="color: #1155cc; font-family: "Be Vietnam Pro", sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;" target="_blank">Aker Companies.</a> <span style="font-family: "Be Vietnam Pro", sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">Despite</span> <a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://hudsonvalleyone.com/2021/03/03/new-owners-of-apartment-complexes-promise-to-be-more-responsive-to-tenant-concerns-increase-amenities/&source=gmail&ust=1668192112131000&usg=AOvVaw00vHdN7WFXLCL3hn6vbKtE" href="https://hudsonvalleyone.com/2021/03/03/new-owners-of-apartment-complexes-promise-to-be-more-responsive-to-tenant-concerns-increase-amenities/" style="color: #1155cc; font-family: "Be Vietnam Pro", sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;" target="_blank">promising</a> <span style="font-family: "Be Vietnam Pro", sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">“<wbr></wbr>very very minimal” rent increases, Aker has raised rents by as much as 67%, levied arbitrary fees, and neglected basic maintenance. This led Stony Run tenants—with the support of For the Many—to form a tenant union. Last Friday, members of its organizing committee traveled to Beacon</span> <a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://twitter.com/ForTheMany/status/1588920259326926848?s%3D20%26t%3DdGwt_X3VyGVaqaq-ZtZ4hA&source=gmail&ust=1668192112131000&usg=AOvVaw0ynoVIiQnnBXdNBNE-w5Tx" href="https://twitter.com/ForTheMany/status/1588920259326926848?s=20&t=dGwt_X3VyGVaqaq-ZtZ4hA" style="color: #1155cc; font-family: "Be Vietnam Pro", sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;" target="_blank">to deliver a list of demands</a> <span style="font-family: "Be Vietnam Pro", sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">to Aker’s office.</span><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "Be Vietnam Pro", sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">Along with For the Many, supporters of the rent reduction include</span> <strong style="font-family: "Be Vietnam Pro", sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">Citizen Action, Mid-Hudson Valley DSA, Housing Justice for All, the Kingston Interfaith Council, the Hudson Valley Justice Center, the Community Service Society, the Legal Aid Society, Assemblymember-elect Sarahana Shrestha, Ulster County Legislator Phil Erner,</strong> <span style="font-family: "Be Vietnam Pro", sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">and</span> <strong style="font-family: "Be Vietnam Pro", sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">Kingston Alderwoman Michele Hirsch.</strong> <span style="font-family: "Be Vietnam Pro", sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">Several academics also submitted expert testimony in favor of a rent reduction, including Professor of Economics and Sustainable Development</span> <strong style="font-family: "Be Vietnam Pro", sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">Dr. Eban Goodstein,</strong> <span style="font-family: "Be Vietnam Pro", sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">Professor of Economics</span> <strong style="font-family: "Be Vietnam Pro", sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">Timothy Koechlin,</strong> <span style="font-family: "Be Vietnam Pro", sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">and Professor of Urban Studies</span> <strong style="font-family: "Be Vietnam Pro", sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">Kwame Holmes.</strong><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><br /></span><em style="font-family: "Be Vietnam Pro", sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">“This is a monumental victory not just for Kingston tenants, but for tenants across New York,”</em> <span style="font-family: "Be Vietnam Pro", sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">said</span> <strong style="font-family: "Be Vietnam Pro", sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">Aaron Narraph Fernando,</strong> <span style="font-family: "Be Vietnam Pro", sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">Communications Lead at For the Many.</span> <em style="font-family: "Be Vietnam Pro", sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">“Any reduction in rents would have been historic, but the capacity for a 15% reduction to provide substantive relief to thousands of people cannot be overstated. We applaud the Rent Guidelines Board for their vote after hearing from more than seventy tenants, homeowners, and experts overwhelmingly in favor of a rent reduction. From seniors facing outrageous rent hikes, to pregnant moms thrown out on the street, to Stony Run residents receiving literal blackmail letters, Board members couldn’t ignore the stories of Kingston tenants. We’re excited for the reduction’s implementation and for the rest of the state to follow in Kingston’s footsteps. Rent stabilization and Good Cause are the keys to New York’s future.”</em><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><br /></span><em style="font-family: "Be Vietnam Pro", sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">“I am proud of the decision made tonight and prouder still that so many members of our community stood up and said this Board needed to act decisively to keep tenants in their homes,”</em> <span style="font-family: "Be Vietnam Pro", sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">said</span> <strong style="font-family: "Be Vietnam Pro", sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">Michael Tierney,</strong> <span style="font-family: "Be Vietnam Pro", sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">tenant representative to the Kingston Rent Guidelines Board.</span> <em style="font-family: "Be Vietnam Pro", sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">“This reduction represents a paradigm shift in how we address the needs of the many over unregulated market conditions. I am so grateful for every tenant who courageously shared their story, as well as every advocate and expert who spoke about how destructive high rents are to a community, and to my fellow tenant representative Carol Soto for her determination and wisdom during these proceedings.”</em><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><br /></span><em style="font-family: "Be Vietnam Pro", sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">“In 2019, the New York tenant movement made history when we won a massive expansion of rent stabilization,”</em> <span style="font-family: "Be Vietnam Pro", sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">said</span> <strong style="font-family: "Be Vietnam Pro", sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">Cea Weaver,</strong> <span style="font-family: "Be Vietnam Pro", sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">Campaign Coordinator at Housing Justice for All, a statewide coalition of more than 80 organizations representing tenants and homeless New Yorkers.</span> <em style="font-family: "Be Vietnam Pro", sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">“Today in Kingston, we’re seeing the fruits of that labor. This historic victory shows that when tenants fight, we win. In the face of an out-of-control housing crisis, tenants are coming together to demand our own solutions—not just in New York, but in Orlando, Santa Monica, and all over the country. Lawmakers should take note: we won’t be waiting for landlords and developers to free market our way out of this housing crisis. We will be taking the streets for Good Cause and a pro-tenant agenda to protect all New Yorkers from outrageous rent hikes. And we will win.”</em><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "Be Vietnam", sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">###</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><br /></span><em style="color: #434343; font-family: "Be Vietnam", sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">For the Many is building a grassroots movement of everyday people to transform the Hudson Valley and New York so it works for all of us, not the greedy few.</em><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><br /></span></div></div><div name="messageSignatureSection"><br /><div>Aaron Narraph Fernando<div dir="auto">Communications Lead, <a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://forthemany.org&source=gmail&ust=1668192112131000&usg=AOvVaw3R2dD4vQaMHLmlCgULhKtG" href="https://forthemany.org/" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank">For the Many</a></div><div dir="auto">(646) 732-1518</div></div></div></div></blockquote>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1071919213630591924.post-34124051606190791392022-07-25T14:09:00.001-04:002022-07-25T14:09:15.485-04:00McKee's Media - July 21, 2022<p> <strong style="color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: large;"><span class="il">ARTICLES</span> <span class="il">OF</span> <span class="il">INTEREST</span> TO TENANT ADVOCATES:</strong></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhlfJ9zs6fG0AQfA-3zn5STRYYJXpcChc9Jomf7tntJPcutZkFjnxWwaqhcIL-7gy2dPaOIZeT8xyYvCYO84DvqN30nx1chesQ053cCszmRo4vrCBwhe5qa2ZyV__cbukZQm7_HCnJznNnjAvJSoxYo6hlLWTJLSZd9mpyxNgBgvrlzeuljB_Jh39lTsw" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="105" data-original-width="210" height="160" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhlfJ9zs6fG0AQfA-3zn5STRYYJXpcChc9Jomf7tntJPcutZkFjnxWwaqhcIL-7gy2dPaOIZeT8xyYvCYO84DvqN30nx1chesQ053cCszmRo4vrCBwhe5qa2ZyV__cbukZQm7_HCnJznNnjAvJSoxYo6hlLWTJLSZd9mpyxNgBgvrlzeuljB_Jh39lTsw" width="320" /></a></div><b><span style="font-family: arial;">UPSTATE</span></b><br /><span style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px;">Jesse Smith: <a href="https://newsatomic.com/news/2022/7/15/council-sets-housing-emergency-hearing-vote/774FkS?force_ignore_preferences=1" target="_blank">Kingston Common Council schedules July 26 hearing <span class="il">on</span> opting into rent control, schedules vote <span class="il">for</span> July 28 (Kingston Wire)</a></span><br style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: black; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px;">Courtney Ward:<a href="https://www.news10.com/news/albany-county/protestors-call-for-return-of-good-cause-eviction-law/" target="_blank"> Albany protestors call <span class="il">on</span> Gov. Hochul, Assembly Members Fahy & McDonald to pass good cause eviction bill</a> (News 10) (VIDEO)</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: black; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px;">Vince Briga: B<a href="https://spectrumlocalnews.com/nys/watertown/news/2022/07/14/binghamton-landlord-arrested-following-12-bench-warrants" target="_blank">inghamton landlord arrested <span class="il">for</span> failure to appear <span class="il">in</span> court <span class="il">on</span> code violations; Mayor says it's just <span class="il">the</span> beginning (</a>Spectrum News) (VIDEO)</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #3d85c6; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px;"><u><br /></u></span><div><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px;">Jesse Smith</span><a href="https://kingstonwire.com/news/2022/07/19/progressives-push-to-ban-some-short-term-rentals/736eiJ" style="background-color: white; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px;" target="_blank">: Activists seek to ban some short-term rentals <span class="il">in</span> Hudson Valley </a><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px;">(Kingston Wire)</span></div><div><br style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: black; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px;">Paul Kirby: <a href="https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/?tab=rm&ogbl#inbox/FMfcgzGpGwsNmKVcKQSZbkqwFRFkbZdD" target="_blank">Candidates <span class="il">for</span> Ulster County Executive weigh <span class="il">in</span> <span class="il">on</span> <span class="il">For</span> <span class="il">The</span> Many's proposal to regulate short-term rentals</a> (Kingston Daily Freeman)</span></div><div><br /></div><div><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px;">Casey Seiler: </span><a href="https://www.timesunion.com/opinion/article/Seiler-17305826.php+&cd=1&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us" style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px;" target="_blank">Andrew Cuomo's favorite judge resigns under an ethical cloud</a><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px;"> (Albany Times Union). (This may change the composition and direction of the state's highest court.)</span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px;" /><br /><br style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: black; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px;"><b>HOTELS INTO HOUSING?</b></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white; color: black; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px;">Tim Murphy: <a href="https://www.cityandstateny.com/policy/2022/07/here-are-all-barriers-turning-hotels-permanent-housing/374560/" target="_blank">Here are all <span class="il">the</span> barriers to turning hotels into permanent housing</a> (City & State)</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><b><span style="font-family: arial;">PENN STATION</span></b><br style="background-color: white; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: black; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px;">David Porter:<a href="https://www.seattletimes.com/business/state-nyc-reach-accord-on-funding-for-new-penn-station/" target="_blank"> Hochul, Adams announce agreement <span class="il">on</span> funding <span class="il">for</span> new Penn Station </a>(Seattle Times/AP)</span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px;" /><br /><b><span style="font-family: arial;">MONEY & POLITICIANS</span></b><br style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: black; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px;">Greg David: Eric Adams wants to promote homeownership by people <span class="il">of</span> color (<span class="il">The</span> City) </span><br style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #3d85c6; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px;"><u><a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://tenantspac.us5.list-manage.com/track/click?u%3D267dceb18ad52e3c164369687%26id%3Db06724b5f4%26e%3D65a44832a4&source=gmail&ust=1658857488287000&usg=AOvVaw0e6Y81UD99cwiP_VVrmIQg" href="https://tenantspac.us5.list-manage.com/track/click?u=267dceb18ad52e3c164369687&id=b06724b5f4&e=65a44832a4" style="color: #007c89;" target="_blank">https://www.thecity.nyc/2022/<wbr></wbr>7/18/23220773/eric-adams-<wbr></wbr>homeownership</a></u></span><br style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: black; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px;">David Brand: <a href="https://citylimits.org/2022/07/18/pressed-for-shelter-space-nyc-turns-to-notorious-landlords-with-ties-to-mayors-chief-of-staff/" target="_blank">Pressed <span class="il">for</span> shelter space, NYC turns to notorious landlords with ties to mayor's chief <span class="il">of</span> staff </a>(City Limits</span></div><div><br style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: black; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px;">Jeff Coltin:<a href="https://www.cityandstateny.com/politics/2022/07/eric-adams-raises-nearly-1-million-reelection-more-outside-new-york-city-within/374674/" target="_blank"> Eric Adams raises more from outside NYC <span class="il">for</span> his re-election than from within <span class="il">the</span> city </a>(City & State)</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: black; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px;">Sally Goldenberg: <a href="https://www.politico.com/news/2022/07/17/real-estate-executives-adams-reelection-account-00046269" target="_blank">Real estate executives flood NYC Mayor Eric Adams' 2025 re-election account. Here's who contributed</a> (Politico)</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: black; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px;">Daily News: <a href="https://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/new-york-elections-government/ny-nyc-mayor-adams-newmark-campaign-donations-crypto-mining-20220719-c6qs4lcgjvh2lfh5rytrsfk3o4-story.html?mc_cid=497e249bb5&mc_eid=aa50093a8c" target="_blank">Crypto-touting real estate firm gave $21K to Eric Adams' 2025 re-election fund after he asked Hochul to veto mining bill</a></span></div><div><br /></div><div><span style="background-color: white; color: black; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px;">City & State: <a href="https://www.cityandstateny.com/politics/2022/07/tracking-contested-state-senate-primary-races-new-york/374098/" target="_blank">Tracking <span class="il">the</span> contested state senate August 23 primaries</a> </span><br style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: black; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px;">Annie McDonough: <a href="https://www.cityandstateny.com/policy/2022/07/districting-commission-releases-draft-new-york-city-council-maps/374535/" target="_blank">Redistricting commission releases draft New York City Council maps <span class="il">for</span> 2023 election</a> (City & State)</span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: black; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px;">Jeff Coltin:<a href="https://www.cityandstateny.com/politics/2022/07/rivera-niou-goldman-form-top-tier-new-10th-congressional-district-poll/374225/" target="_blank"> Rivera, Niou and Goldman form top tier <span class="il">in</span> new poll <span class="il">for</span> 10th congressional district</a>; de Blasio has withdrawn(City & State)</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: black; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px;">Jeff Coltin: <a href="https://www.cityandstateny.com/politics/2022/07/yuh-line-niou-carlina-rivera-lead-10th-congressional-district-poll-working-families-party-and-nious-campaign/374596/" target="_blank">Yuh-Line Niou and Carlina Rivera tied <span class="il">for</span> first <span class="il">in</span> another new poll <span class="il">for</span> 10th congressional district (</a>City & State)</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: black; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px;">Theodore Hamm: <a href="https://indypendent.org/2022/07/in-ny-10-money-primary-carlina-rivera-leans-on-high-rollers-as-yuh-line-niou-stakes-out-clear-control-of-left-lane/" target="_blank">Carlina Rivera raises money from landlords as Yuh-Line Niou stakes out clear control <span class="il">of</span> <span class="il">the</span> left lane <span class="il">in</span> race <span class="il">for</span> 10th congressional district</a> (<span class="il">The</span> Indypendent)</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: black; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px;">Gothamist: <a href="https://gothamist.com/news/nyc-real-estate-industry-exerts-influence-in-high-profile-congressional-race" target="_blank">NYC real estate industry dumps lots <span class="il">of</span> money into primary <span class="il">for</span> 10th congressional district, especially to Rivera, Goldman & Jones</a></span><br style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: black; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px;">Jeff Coltin: <a href="https://www.cityandstateny.com/politics/2022/07/jones-swore-goldman-sachs-money-took-donations-its-top-lobbyists/374635/" target="_blank">Mondaire Jones swore off Goldman Sachs money -- but took donations from its top lobbyists</a> (City & State)</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: black; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px;">City & State: <a href="https://www.cityandstateny.com/politics/2022/07/bill-de-blasio-ends-congressional-campaign-ny-10/374650/" target="_blank"><span class="il">In</span> seventh place <span class="il">in</span> two polls, Bill de Blasio drops out <span class="il">of</span> race <span class="il">for</span> new 10th congressional district </a></span><a href="https://www.cityandstateny.com/politics/2022/07/bill-de-blasio-ends-congressional-campaign-ny-10/374650/" target="_blank"><br style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px;" /></a><span style="background-color: white; color: black; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px;"><span class="il">The</span> City: <a href="https://www.thecity.nyc/2022/7/19/23270761/de-blasio-congress-debts-nypd" target="_blank">De Blasio can use <span class="il">the</span> $500K he raised <span class="il">for</span> aborted congressional run as a slush fund to pay off his debts</a></span><a href="https://www.thecity.nyc/2022/7/19/23270761/de-blasio-congress-debts-nypd" target="_blank"><br style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px;" /></a><br style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: black; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px;">Nicholas Fandos: <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2022/07/18/nyregion/carolyn-maloney-jerrold-nadler-primary.html" target="_blank">Carolyn Maloney lends $900K to her congressional campaign against Jerry Nadler</a> (New York Times)</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: black; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px;">Zach Williams: <a href="https://nypost.com/2022/07/18/david-yassky-claims-fake-endorsements-in-state-senate-primary/" target="_blank">State senate wannabe David Yassky claims false endorsements</a> (New York Post)</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: black; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px;">Chris Bragg: <a href="https://www.timesunion.com/state/article/Carpenters-union-plans-1M-election-spending-17307304.php+&cd=1&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us" target="_blank">Carpenters union plans $1 million Independent Expenditure to help Hochul + some Democratic senators</a> (Albany Times Union)</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: black; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px;">Carl Campanile:<a href="https://nypost.com/2022/07/18/the-proof-andrew-cuomo-tried-to-make-a-political-comeback/" target="_blank"> Here's <span class="il">the</span> $93K proof that Andrew Cuomo tried to make a political comeback</a> (New York Post)</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: black; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px;">David Alexis & Alex Vitale: A new deal <span class="il">for</span> public safety (Gotham Gazette Opinion)</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #3d85c6; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px;"><u><a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://tenantspac.us5.list-manage.com/track/click?u%3D267dceb18ad52e3c164369687%26id%3Dd50259e157%26e%3D65a44832a4&source=gmail&ust=1658857488288000&usg=AOvVaw3rWU-fZycinCbrNcZjHt3S" href="https://tenantspac.us5.list-manage.com/track/click?u=267dceb18ad52e3c164369687&id=d50259e157&e=65a44832a4" style="color: #007c89;" target="_blank">https://www.gothamgazette.com/<wbr></wbr>health/130-opinion/11447-new-<wbr></wbr>deal-public-safety-nyc</a></u></span><br style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: black; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px;">Bobby Cuza: Former Brooklyn Assembly Member Al Vann dies at 87 (New York 1) (VIDEO)</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #3d85c6; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px;"><u><a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://tenantspac.us5.list-manage.com/track/click?u%3D267dceb18ad52e3c164369687%26id%3D530be0ac18%26e%3D65a44832a4&source=gmail&ust=1658857488288000&usg=AOvVaw3CurR7NFWegAE7Mpha9OlI" href="https://tenantspac.us5.list-manage.com/track/click?u=267dceb18ad52e3c164369687&id=530be0ac18&e=65a44832a4" style="color: #007c89;" target="_blank">https://www.ny1.com/nyc/all-<wbr></wbr>boroughs/politics/2022/07/15/<wbr></wbr>albert-vann--a-towering-<wbr></wbr>figure-<span class="il">in</span>-brooklyn-politics--<wbr></wbr>dies-at-87</a></u></span><br style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: black; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px;">Politico New York Playbook: <a href="https://www.politico.com/newsletters/new-york-playbook/2022/07/15/the-ex-cuomo-crew-has-thoughts-00046038" target="_blank">Ex-Cuomo crew has thoughts</a></span><br style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px;" /><b><span style="font-family: arial;">DEED THEFT AND EVICTION</span></b><br style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: black; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px;">Chau Lam: <a href="https://gothamist.com/news/homeowner-of-more-than-50-years-faces-eviction-from-his-own-house" target="_blank">Brooklyn man faces eviction from home he has owned <span class="il">for</span> more than 50 years</a> (Gothamist</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><b><span style="font-family: arial;">MISCELLANEOUS</span></b><br style="background-color: white; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: black; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px;">Nolan Hicks:<a href="https://nypost.com/2022/07/15/nyc-lost-over-5000-manhattan-businesses-during-covid-pandemic/" target="_blank"> NYC lost more than 5,000 Manhattan businesses during <span class="il">the</span> pandemic </a>(New York Post)</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: black; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px;">Tim Murphy: <a href="https://www.cityandstateny.com/policy/2022/07/could-nycha-really-fall-private-hands/374561/" target="_blank">Could NYCHA really fall into private hands? Controversy over Preservation Trust legislation</a> (City & State)</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: black; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px;">Janaki Chadha:<a href="https://www.politico.com/news/2022/07/16/new-york-housing-crunch-00045575" target="_blank"> NYC tried to make apartments affordable. <span class="il">The</span> opposite happened. </a>(Politico).</span></div><div>(<a href="https://www.endwarehousing.org" target="_blank">Why no mention of warehousing? Even before the pandemic, landlords acknowledged holding 70,000 vacant rent stabilized units off the market.</a>) <br style="background-color: white; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #3d85c6; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px;"><u><br /></u></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white; color: #3d85c6; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px;"><br /></span></div><div><em style="background-color: #fafafa; color: #656565; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; text-align: center;">Copyright © 2022 TenantsPAC, All rights reserved.</em></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1071919213630591924.post-57595767956742756182022-04-22T12:12:00.004-04:002022-04-22T12:12:38.946-04:00McKee's Media - April 22, 2022<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkFnxNJN_N1fsaXEHwP57XoPP2BwHyVvzKIoijbjgU74wdkk0Ya4gOvqu8LdjGtxMGa2Gv8E66Chzy5qlS-TG5sd25X6iyzpx-unU796BR0r4DOoX3FrIsGW-OSYsYg2oYs3o7RbJF119bdPTWzT2UE95G2oRVzASjAPTiVDV8jyI4mRhfUTwga0MYaw/s210/Tenants%20PAC%20logo.gif" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="105" data-original-width="210" height="105" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkFnxNJN_N1fsaXEHwP57XoPP2BwHyVvzKIoijbjgU74wdkk0Ya4gOvqu8LdjGtxMGa2Gv8E66Chzy5qlS-TG5sd25X6iyzpx-unU796BR0r4DOoX3FrIsGW-OSYsYg2oYs3o7RbJF119bdPTWzT2UE95G2oRVzASjAPTiVDV8jyI4mRhfUTwga0MYaw/s1600/Tenants%20PAC%20logo.gif" width="210" /></a></div><b>Articles of Interest to Tenant Advocates</b><p></p><p><b> </b></p><p><b> </b></p><p><b> </b></p><p> (Excerpted from Michael McKee's weekly email)</p><p><b><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;">LANDLORDS HOLD APTS OFF MARKET</span></span></b></p><p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Matt Troutman: <a href="https://yieldpro.com/2021/04/nyc-landlords-warehouse-50-percent-of-stock/" target="_blank">Manhattan landlords hold 50 percent of vacant apartments off the market (YieldPro)</a></span></span><b><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /> <br /></span></span></b></p><p><b><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;">GOOD CAUSE EVICTION LAW</span></span></b></p><p>Christian Garzone:<a href="https://www.rochesterfirst.com/rochester/state-lawmakers-tenants-push-good-cause-eviction-law-at-rochester-city-hall/" target="_blank"> State lawmakers, tenants push good cause eviction law at Rochester town hall (Rochester First) </a>(VIDEO)<br />
Emily Putnam: <a href="https://www.whec.com/rochester-new-york-news/advocates-push-for-state-to-pass-good-cause-eviction-bill/6450122/" target="_blank">Rochester <span class="il">advocates</span> push state legislature to pass good cause eviction bill (</a><a href="https://www.whec.com/rochester-new-york-news/advocates-push-for-state-to-pass-good-cause-eviction-bill/6450122/" target="_blank">WHEC) </a>(VIDEO)</p><p><b>RACE AGAINST RENT HIKE <br /></b></p><p>Ross Barkan: <a href="https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/?tab=rm&ogbl#inbox/FMfcgzGpFWSCPkfWWmqsdvqRfSCpGsfh" target="_blank">The race against the rent hike; NYC Mayor Eric Adams plans to raise rents </a>(Political Currents)<br />
New York Post: <a href="https://nypost.com/2022/04/21/eric-adams-wont-nix-floated-rent-hike-for-stabilized-nyc-apartments/" target="_blank">Mayor Eric Adams says landlords need a rent increase</a></p><p>Aaron Ginsburg:<a href="https://www.6sqft.com/rent-guidelines-board-recommends-increases-between-2-7-and-9-for-rent-stabilized-units/ " target="_blank"> NYC Rent Guidelines Board recommends rent increases up to 9 percent for rent-stabilized tenants </a>(6sqft)</p><p><span style="color: black;">The City: <a href="https://www.thecity.nyc/housing/2022/4/14/23026101/rent-hikes-floated-by-rgb-staff" target="_blank">NYC rent board staff floats rent hikes between 2.7 and 9 percent in setup to final vote</a></span><br />
</p><p>Michael Gartland: <a href="https://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/new-york-elections-government/ny-nyc-council-mayor-eric-adams-housing-homelessness-20220421-tpp4qt5mibgmvfzao3tdzknadu-story.html+&cd=1&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us" target="_blank">NYC Council Speaker Adrienne Adams demand Mayor Eric Adams increase funding for housing, homelessness </a>(Daily News)<br />
</p><p>Washington Post: <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/interactive/2022/rising-rent-prices/" target="_blank">Rents are rising everywhere. See how much prices are up in your area</a></p><p><b>EVICTIONS RISING (NOT ENOUGH LAWYERS)</b> <br /></p><p>Jennifer Bisram: <a href="https://pix11.com/news/local-news/new-yorkers-facing-eviction-as-moratorium-ends/" target="_blank">NYC tenants facing eviction as courts accelerate cases, tenants cannot get free legal help (WPIX)</a> (VIDEO)</p><p>Molly Crane-Newman:<a href="https://www.nydailynews.com/coronavirus/ny-covid-manhattan-brooklyn-housing-crisis-tenants-no-lawyers-20220418-spitwbafdrf2nlgfavzfwfktxa-story.html" target="_blank"> NYC Housing Court crisis: Shortage of lawyers forces tenants to represent themselves despite Right to Counsel law </a>(Daily News)</p><p><span style="color: black;">Chau Lam: <a href="https://gothamist.com/news/hochul-urged-to-rescue-city-program-aimed-at-helping-low-income-new-yorkers-facing-eviction" target="_blank">NY City Council Member Shaun Abreu asks Gov. Hochul to save Right to Counsel law</a> (Gothamist)</span><br /> <br /></p><p>Jennifer White Karp: <a href="https://www.brickunderground.com/rent/manhattan-brooklyn-queens-rental-market-report-march-2022 " target="_blank">NYC rental market is bonkers: Manhattan's
net effective monthly median rent was $3,644 in March; $2,955 in
Brooklyn</a> (Brick Underground)</p><p>Alex Love: <a href="https://www.rochesterfirst.com/rochester/more-evictions-link-to-higher-crime-rates-in-rochester-cornell-university-study-shows/" target="_blank">Cornell study shows link between evictions and crime in Rochester neighborhoods (Rochester First)</a> (VIDEO)<br />
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</p><p>AZCentral: <a href="https://www.azcentral.com/in-depth/money/real-estate/2022/04/19/what-can-done-fix-metro-phoenix-eviction-crisis/6654777001/" target="_blank">Arizona eviction filings are climbing to pre-pandemic levels. Housing <span class="il">advocates</span> demand change</a> (VIDEO) <br />
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</p><p><b>HOMELESS PEOPLE PROTEST/STAY LONGER IN SHELTERS<br /></b></p><p>Jessica Meditz: <a href="https://queensledger.com/activist-arrested-during-myrtle-wyckoff-sweep/" target="_blank">Ridgewood Tenants Union organizer Raquel Namuche defiant after arrest in police sweep of homeless encampment </a>(Queens
Ledger)</p><p>Alex Press: <a href="https://www.jacobinmag.com/2022/04/eric-adams-nyc-homeless-encampment-sweeps-shelters" target="_blank">On homelessness, Eric Adams has made sadism NYC's official policy </a>(Jacobin)<br />
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Mara Gay: <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2022/04/15/opinion/mayor-eric-adams-homelessness-nyc.html" target="_blank">On homelessness, Eric Adams needs a little religion</a> (New York Times Opinion)<br /></p><p>Chau Lam: <a href="https://gothamist.com/news/fewer-families-in-nyc-shelters-but-length-of-stay-has-grown-report" target="_blank">Fewer families in NYC shelters, but length of stay has grown (</a>Gothamist)</p><p><span style="color: black;">Sara Dorn: <a href="https://www.cityandstateny.com/politics/2022/04/jumaane-williams-proposes-homeless-bill-rights/365669/" target="_blank">Jumaane Williams proposes homeless bill of rights</a> (City & State)</span><br />
<br /> <br /></p><p><b>LANDLORDS DOUBLE-DIPPING & MORE<br /></b></p><p>Suzannah Cavanagh: <a href="https://therealdeal.com/2022/04/18/landlords-who-got-aid-are-illegally-raising-rents-ag/" target="_blank">A.G. Letitia James says landlords who got rent aid are illegally raising rents </a>(The Real Deal)</p><p><span style="color: black;">Patrick Lakamp: <a href="https://buffalonews.com/news/local/as-case-proceeded-without-him-landlord-sold-houses-where-29-children-suffered-lead-poisoning/article_074b2376-b5c5-11ec-8338-d71e4b5db32a.html" target="_blank">As case proceeded without him, landlord sold houses where 29 Buffalo children were lead poisoned </a>(Buffalo News)</span><br />
</p><p><b>REDISTRICTING</b></p><p>Nicholas Fandos: <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2022/04/21/nyregion/redistricting-lawsuit-new-york.html" target="_blank">Appellate court rejects new congressional lines, says Democrats engaged in illegal partisan gerrymandering; upholds legislative lines </a>(New York Times)<br />
Nick Reisman: <a href="https://nystateofpolitics.com/state-of-politics/new-york/ny-state-of-politics/2022/04/18/judge-appoints-special-master-as-redistricting-suit-continues" target="_blank">Judge appoints special master to draw new district lines, as appeal process continues </a>(NY State of Politics)</p><p><b>STATE BUDGET</b></p><p><b>
</b>Kathryn Brenzel: <a href="https://therealdeal.com/2022/04/07/real-estate-winners-and-losers-state-budget-edition/" target="_blank">Real estate winners and losers, state budget edition</a> (The Real Deal)<br />
<span style="color: black;">City & State: <a href="https://www.cityandstateny.com/policy/2022/04/winners-losers-2022-state-budget/364131/ " target="_blank">Winners and losers in the state budget</a></span><br />
<br /><b>ZERO EMPLOYEES FOR VOUCHER DISCRIMINATION ENFORCEMENT</b></p><p><span style="color: black;">David Brand: <a href="https://citylimits.org/2022/04/13/nycs-long-understaffed-voucher-discrimination-unit-now-has-zero-employees/ " target="_blank">NYC's long-understaffed voucher discrimination unit now has zero employees </a>(City Limits)</span><b><br />
</b> </p><p><b>SAN FRANCISCO LAW: LANDLORDS MUST BARGAIN WITH TENANT ASSOCIATIONS</b></p><p><span style="color: black;">Jack Ross: <a href="https://portside.org/2022-04-20/new-effort-san-francisco-aims-debate-rent-bargaining-table" target="_blank">San Francisco ordinance requires landlords to recognize <span class="il">tenant</span> associations, bargain in good faith </a>(Capital and Main/Portside)</span><b><br />
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</p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1071919213630591924.post-45046163429193711562022-04-12T14:22:00.001-04:002022-04-12T14:22:11.602-04:00Stop landlords from creating a false housing shortage<p> <span style="font-size: large;"><span class="gmail_default" face="verdana,sans-serif"><a href="https://us06web.zoom.us/j/83569891685" target="_blank">TONIGHT AT 6:30 PM on Zoom</a> </span></span></p><p><img alt="Yellow Modern Online Course (Flyer) (2)(2).jpg" class="CToWUd a6T" data-image-whitelisted="" height="437" src="https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0?ui=2&ik=ef18faed87&attid=0.1&permmsgid=msg-a:r-4595592758701188760&th=1801ebfcfc7eefa0&view=fimg&fur=ip&sz=s0-l75-ft&attbid=ANGjdJ9BLN5kb5Yt7Z7Q0hVqTiEquoom-isEZF98JN6GghGXFw6iJjUFfqlh1gmeemgtLg7pd_ee8haL5o0Y3QtYphypEtZ0_tEOc6oweC-tXYIlzRzvJoaiqj-p0Wg&disp=emb&realattid=ii_l1we8arh0" tabindex="0" width="338" /><span class="gmail_default" face="verdana,sans-serif"> </span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span class="gmail_default">The management of 50 West 97th Street refuses </span>to offer for rent 9 vacant rent stabilized apartments. <span class="gmail_default">The management</span> is just warehousing them. And that's just one building. <br /></span></span></p><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Coincidentally (?!),<a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://therealdeal.com/2022/04/06/landlords-offer-to-re-open-200k-warehoused-apartments/&source=gmail&ust=1649869765472000&usg=AOvVaw3YJfFwRhrbYafaZRYINHwW" href="https://therealdeal.com/2022/04/06/landlords-offer-to-re-open-200k-warehoused-apartments/" target="_blank"> a group of owners of rent stabilized buildings just offered Gov. Hochul to put 20,000 such apartments back on the market <b>I</b><b>F</b> the state would roll back some rent protections tenants won in 2019. </a><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;">So landlords are creating a fake shortage of apartments,
and then offering to relieve it if the state will let them double the rents
every 5 years by permitting vacancy bonuses again. (In the past,
landlords got a 20% increase every time a rent stabilized apartment
became vacant. If tenants were harassed out by certain landlords, that
could mean a new tenant every year - and that would result in a 100%
rent increase after 5 or so years without the landlord even having to slap on a coat of
paint.)</span></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span class="gmail_default">Tonight t</span>he Coalition to End Apartment Warehousing<span class="gmail_default"> is hosting a Zoom Town Hall </span>about this issue. <span class="gmail_default">Join us!</span><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;">6:30 PM.
</span></span><div style="margin-left: 40px;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span>Zoom link:
<a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://us06web.zoom.us/j/83569891685&source=gmail&ust=1649869765472000&usg=AOvVaw11QtbmhqByQuI3Ri1a3s0R" href="https://us06web.zoom.us/j/83569891685" style="color: #007c89; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline;" target="_blank">https://us06web.zoom.us/j/<wbr></wbr>83569891685</a></span></span></span></div><div style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif; margin-left: 40px;"><span style="font-size: medium;">
By phone: 646 558 8656 (meeting ID: 83569891685#) <br /></span></div><div style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /><br /></span></div></div><table cellpadding="0" class="cf Ht"><tbody><tr id=":1rv"><td><br /></td><td class="Hm"><br /></td></tr></tbody></table>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1071919213630591924.post-90501733105967363322022-04-02T15:45:00.001-04:002022-04-02T15:45:08.767-04:00McKee's Media for March 29 and April 1, 2022<span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="color: #3d85c6;"><u><a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://tenantspac.us5.list-manage.com/track/click?u%3D267dceb18ad52e3c164369687%26id%3D87e9779765%26e%3D65a44832a4&source=gmail&ust=1649013623581000&usg=AOvVaw3lfRK1HhT04IPf_wgZMxf7" href="https://tenantspac.us5.list-manage.com/track/click?u=267dceb18ad52e3c164369687&id=87e9779765&e=65a44832a4" style="color: #007c89; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline;" target="_blank"></a></u></span></span><p><span style="font-family: arial;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdbDSLilUt3TPXNTmO4RTcTA_fOM6XKYJanrAK12gwBYObn9SmlrWBu1bCKTAcJUKeCCxvwGZkqhvwzk9XqakZAK6HugHR8ko0pEp7HeXwZuCMaF1ZkLu4PmMlcRM0pjNjV5xVm7rNbaKhqLPLW2CfZeBbT79gJAeal0jQDfnzurHlTLjhNK2uUZqxuQ/s210/Tenants%20PAC%20logo.gif" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="105" data-original-width="210" height="105" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdbDSLilUt3TPXNTmO4RTcTA_fOM6XKYJanrAK12gwBYObn9SmlrWBu1bCKTAcJUKeCCxvwGZkqhvwzk9XqakZAK6HugHR8ko0pEp7HeXwZuCMaF1ZkLu4PmMlcRM0pjNjV5xVm7rNbaKhqLPLW2CfZeBbT79gJAeal0jQDfnzurHlTLjhNK2uUZqxuQ/s1600/Tenants%20PAC%20logo.gif" width="210" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: arial;">EXCERPTED FROM MICHAEL McKEE's </span><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>ARTICLES OF INTEREST TO TENANT ADVOCATES</b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><b> </b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><b> </b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="color: black;"><strong>REDISTRICTING IN LIMBO<br /></strong></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="color: black;">Sara Dorn: <a href="https://www.cityandstateny.com/politics/2022/03/state-supreme-court-judge-rules-nys-district-maps-unconstitutional/363908/" target="_blank">Judge rejects new congressional and legislative maps as unconstitutional, orders state legislature to redraw them; legislature to appeal decision</a> (City &
State)</span><br /></span>
</p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>SO IS STATE BUDGET</b> <br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="color: black;">Nick Reisman:<a href="https://nystateofpolitics.com/state-of-politics/new-york/ny-state-of-politics/2022/03/31/new-york-s-budget-remains-in-limbo-as-deadline-approaches" target="_blank"> State budget in limbo as April 1 deadline will be missed</a> (NY State of Politics)</span><br /></span>
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<span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="color: black;">Zach Williams: <a href="https://www.cityandstateny.com/policy/2022/03/time-running-out-progressives-turn-activist-tactics-ny-state-budget/363816/" target="_blank">As budget deadline looms, progressives turn to activist tactics on state budget </a>(City & State)</span><br /></span>
</p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">Susan Arbetter:<a href="https://nystateofpolitics.com/state-of-politics/new-york/politics/2022/03/29/the-latest-on-housing-issues-in-the-new-york-state-budget" target="_blank"> The latest on housing issues in NYS budget</a> (Capital Tonight) (VIDEO) <br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="color: black;">Denis Slattery: <a href="https://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/new-york-elections-government/ny-hochul-bills-buffalo-stadium-backlash-bail-budget-deal-20220329-6d7elyifmrczddemo7uugtlwvq-story.html+&cd=1&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us " target="_blank">Hochul faces backlash on Buffalo Bills stadium deal, bail reform rollbacks as budget talks continue; nine tenant advocates arrested pushing for good cause eviction and against 421-a renewal</a> (Daily News)</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;">Fernando
Martínez: (14 arrested in Manhattan protesting 2023 budget for lack of affordable housing support) <a href="https://eldiariony.com/2022/03/28/arrestan-a-14-en-manhattan-durante-protesta-para-que-se-incluyan-planes-de-viviendas-asequibles-en-el-presupuesto-2023/ " target="_blank">Arrestan a 14 en Manhattan durante protesta para que se incluyan planes de viviendas asequibles en el presupuesto 2023 </a>(El
Diario)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: arial;"><b>421-A TAX GIVEAWAY</b><br /></span>
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<span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="color: black;">Suzannah Cavanaugh: <a href="https://therealdeal.com/2022/03/29/tenant-group-aims-to-draw-albanys-eyes-with-two-more-421a-suits/" target="_blank">Housing Rights Initiative generates lawsuits against two more landlords who flouted rent stabilization rules under the 421-a tax giveaway</a> (The Real Deal) </span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;">Eddie Small: <a href="https://www.crainsnewyork.com/real-estate/two-landlords-accused-violating-new-yorks-controversial-421-tax-break " target="_blank">Two more landlords accused of violating controversial 421-a tax break law, failed to comply with rent stabilization requirements</a> (Crain's)</span></span></span> </span><span style="color: black;"> <br /></span></span></p><p>Judith Goldiner, Zellnor Myrie & Linda Rosenthal: <a href="https://www.crainsnewyork.com/op-ed/op-ed-proposed-replacement-421-expensive-subsidy-luxury-developers" target="_blank">The proposed replacement for 421-a is an expensive subsidy for luxury developers</a> (Crain's Opinion)<br />
<span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="color: black;"></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="color: black;">Matthew Haag & Mihir Zaveri: <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2022/03/31/nyregion/nyc-tax-credit-housing-crisis.html" target="_blank">Will ending the lucrative 421-a tax break ease or fuel the NYC housing crisis?</a> (New York Times) - only 44 deeply affordable apts since 2014!</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="color: black;">Chau Lam: <a href="https://gothamist.com/news/as-budget-deadline-looms-fate-of-a-widely-supported-housing-voucher-program-is-in-hochuls-hands" target="_blank">As budget deadline looms, fate of a widely-supported housing voucher program is in Hochul's hands </a>(Gothamist)</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;">Ross Barkan:<a href="https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/?tab=rm&ogbl#inbox/FMfcgzGmvfcqjgtxKCJmCDzrlCdsdgbV " target="_blank"> Kathy Hochul's terrible tax giveaway </a>(Political Currents)</span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><b>RIGHT TO COUNSEL - Swamped</b></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;">Shant Shahrigian:<a href="https://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/new-york-elections-government/ny-housing-court-tenant-attorneys-mark-levine-20220327-udebonl5fne4lnem7zmggaph6a-story.html+&cd=1&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us " target="_blank"> As evictions pile up, many NYC tenants are not getting lawyers despite right to counsel law </a>(Daily News)<span></span></span></span></span></p><a name='more'></a><b><br />
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<p></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="color: black;"><b>CITY VACANCY SURVEY PUT OFF TO JULY 1</b></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="color: black;"><a href="https://www1.nyc.gov/office-of-the-mayor/news/163-22/mayor-adams-signs-legislation-extending-housing-vacancy-survey-deadline" target="_blank"><span style="color: black;">NYC Mayor Eric Adams signs legislation extending deadline for vacancy survey to July 1</span></a></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>CITY RENTS SKY-HIGH</b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="color: black;">Matt Troutman: <a href="https://patch.com/new-york/new-york-city/nycs-nation-leading-rents-grow-even-higher-study-finds" target="_blank">NYC asking rents are highest in nation: average of $3,260 for a one-bedroom apartment </a>(Patch)</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="color: black;"><b>HOMELESS & NYCHA<br /></b></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;">Michael Gartland: <a href="https://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/new-york-elections-government/ny-nyc-mayor-eric-adams-homeless-encampments-20220330-v4diy7ob2ng2tk3lz67jyojpou-story.html+&cd=1&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us " target="_blank">NYC Mayor Adams defends sweeps of homeless encampments; only 5 people have accepted help for NYC</a> (Daily News)</span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;">Dean Moses:<a href="https://www.amny.com/news/homeless-advocates-adams-administration-plan-break-encampments/ " target="_blank"> Advocates blast NYC Mayor Eric Adams for destroying encampments for unhoused New Yorkers </a>(amny)</span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;">Chris Sommerfeldt: <a href="https://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/new-york-elections-government/ny-nyc-homeless-shelter-core-services-criminal-investigation-20220328-ki4jsb3jmjbhdpfrbhenh7gedm-story.html+&cd=1&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us" target="_blank">NYC homeless shelter provider keeps getting city money despite facing criminal probe</a> (Daily News)</span><br />
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<span style="color: black;">David Brand: <a href="https://citylimits.org/2022/03/28/in-nyc-the-long-road-from-shelter-to-public-housing-gets-longer/" target="_blank">NYCHA takes longer to rent vacant apartments, as fewer shelter residents get homes in public housing developments</a> (City Limits)</span><br />
<br /><b>SUPPORTIVE HOUSING REPLACES ILLEGAL HOTEL</b></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;">Mihir Zaveri:<a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2022/03/28/nyregion/royal-park-hotel-manhattan-homeless.html " target="_blank"> From illegal hotel to housing for the homeless on the Upper West Side</a> (New York Times)<b><br />
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</span></span></p><br /><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><b>LEAD PAINT JUSTICE STYMIED</b></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;">Ellen Gabler: <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2022/03/29/us/lead-poisoning-insurance-landlords.html " target="_blank">How two industries stymied justice for young lead paint poisoning victims </a>(New York Times)</span><b><br /> </b></span><br /> <b><br /></b></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="color: black;"> </span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span style="color: black;"><strong><br /></strong></span></b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span style="color: black;"><strong> </strong></span><br /> </b><br /></span><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /> <br /></span></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1071919213630591924.post-81815926137845354842022-03-19T14:22:00.007-04:002022-03-19T14:22:34.877-04:00McKee's Media: March 18, 2022<p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCW_UkSCGnDiPf9wxc46Z3khP0zPKk5KK_bDmPTTmZOQiZPox0DYnK9NtnH2mIIzEcWNGv1SxgTZnSrrRMQn0NOliVm1rp8Ona74bScZBqTdFZ2WxtsWuRbjDkm9ObXOYg_4_a2PN9xe63/s210/Tenants+PAC+logo.gif" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="105" data-original-width="210" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCW_UkSCGnDiPf9wxc46Z3khP0zPKk5KK_bDmPTTmZOQiZPox0DYnK9NtnH2mIIzEcWNGv1SxgTZnSrrRMQn0NOliVm1rp8Ona74bScZBqTdFZ2WxtsWuRbjDkm9ObXOYg_4_a2PN9xe63/s0/Tenants+PAC+logo.gif" /></a>Excerpted from Michael McKee's Articles of Interest to Tenant Advocates email</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><b> 421-A</b></p><p>Kayla Levy: <a href="https://patch.com/new-york/fortgreene/nix-1-7b-developer-tax-breaks-leaders-say-brooklyn" target="_blank">Progressive politicians say end massive 421-a tax subsidy giveaway (Patch)</a><br />
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</strong>Greg David:<a href="https://www.thecity.nyc/2022/3/16/22982285/nyc-developer-tax-break-421a " target="_blank"> Dueling 421-a claims define budget talks (The City)</a><br /><b> </b></p><p><b>GOOD CAUSE EVICTION</b> <br /></p><p>Chau Lam: <a href="https://gothamist.com/news/labor-unions-press-state-lawmakers-to-pass-new-tenant-protections-in-good-cause-eviction-bill" target="_blank">14 labor unions urge Hochul, legislative leaders to pass ban on evictions without good cause (Gothamist)</a><strong></strong></p><p>Patrick Moussignac: <a href="https://www.whec.com/rochester-new-york-news/rochester-city-council-rejects-eviction-reduction-law/6419836/ " target="_blank">Rochester City Council rejects eviction reduction law (</a><a href="https://www.whec.com/rochester-new-york-news/rochester-city-council-rejects-eviction-reduction-law/6419836/ " target="_blank">WHEC-TV) (VIDEO)</a><span style="color: black;"> </span></p><p><span style="color: black;">Eriketa Cost: <a href="https://www.rochesterfirst.com/rochester/rochester-city-council-votes-against-good-cause-eviction-law/" target="_blank">Rochester City Council votes against good cause eviction law (Rochester First) (VIDEO)</a></span><br />
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<span style="color: black;">Amal Elhelw: <a href="https://www.rochesterfirst.com/rochester/it-would-have-done-a-lot-rochester-man-facing-eviction-grapples-with-good-cause-eviction-law-failure/" target="_blank">Rochester tenant facing eviction grapples with failure <span class="il">of</span> good cause bill (Rochester First) (VIDEO)</a></span><br />
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KIngston Wire editorial:<a href="https://kingstonwire.com/opinions/2022/03/15/editorial-good-cause-to-evict-hinchey-from-the-senate/314XPc" target="_blank"> Good cause to evict Michelle Hinchey from the state senate?</a></p><p><b>ERAP</b> <br /></p><p>Briana Supardi:<a href="https://cbs6albany.com/news/local/feds-give-ny-nearly-120m-in-rent-relief-a-fraction-of-what-hochul-requested" target="_blank"> Feds give New York nearly $120 million in rent relief funds, a fraction <span class="il">of</span> what Hochul requested (WRGB)</a><br />
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WABC-TV: <a href="https://abc7ny.com/utility-debt-electricity-gas-bills/11646249/" target="_blank">1.5 NY households behind in utility payments; advocates call for relief in state budget (VIDEO)</a><br />
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Nick Reisman: <a href="https://nystateofpolitics.com/state-of-politics/new-york/ny-state-of-politics/2022/03/13/lawmakers-lay-out-state-budget-priorities-for-housing--child-care" target="_blank">Senate, Assembly lay out priorities in one-house
budget bills, setting stage for negotiations with governor (NY State <span class="il">of</span> Politics)</a><strong><br /></strong>
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David Brand: <a href="https://citylimits.org/2022/03/13/ny-lawmakers-propose-250m-to-launch-section-8-style-rent-subsidy/" target="_blank">Albany lawmakers proposed<b> new Section 8-style rent subsidy</b> using state funds (City Limits)</a><br />
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<td align="center" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 32px; padding: 18px;" valign="middle"><b></b></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><p><b><strong>ELECTIONS / CANDIDATES</strong></b><br /></p><p>Nick Garber: <a href="https://patch.com/new-york/harlem/harlems-inez-dickens-faces-competitive-re-election-bid" target="_blank">Tenant advocate Delsenia Glover challenges pro-landlord Harlem Assembly incumbent Inez Dickens (Patch)</a><br />
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</strong></strong>Denis Slattery: <a href="https://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/new-york-elections-government/ny-lieutenant-governor-candidate-ana-maria-archila-endorsements-20220316-un4y6aryvzf4xciqos5osvmo2a-story.html" target="_blank">Ana Maria Archila gets progressive backing in lieutenant governor bid (Daily News)</a><br />
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</strong></strong>Ross Barkan: <a href="https://live-thenation.pantheon.io/article/politics/ny-lt-governor-archila/" target="_blank">New York's race for lieutenant governor has a new addition: competition (The Nation)</a><strong><strong><br />
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</strong></strong>Michael Gartland: <a href="https://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/new-york-elections-government/ny-governor-democratic-candidate-jumaane-williams-housing-policy-20220318-j7g7hrc2pjc7piyax6igui6xni-story.html" target="_blank">Jumaane Williams rolls out "Housing for All" platform (Daily News)</a></p><p>Albany Times Union editorial:<a href="https://www.timesunion.com/opinion/article/Editorial-Mr-Cuomo-un-candidate-16997108.php+&cd=2&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us" target="_blank"> Legislature should close loophole
that allows Cuomo to spend campaign funds as if he were a candidate</a> <strong><strong></strong></strong></p><p>Jon Levine:<a href="https://nypost.com/2022/03/12/jamaal-bowman-facing-primary-challenge/" target="_blank"> U.S. Rep. Jamaal Bowman faces primary challenge (New York Post)</a></p><p>NYCaribNews: <a href="https://www.nycaribnews.com/articles/ny-state-assemblyman-nick-perry-confirmed-as-us-ambassador-to-jamaica/" target="_blank">U.S. Senate confirms Brooklyn Assembly Member Nick Perry as U.S. Ambassador to Jamaica</a> <strong><strong>
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</strong>Nick Reisman<a href="https://nystateofpolitics.com/state-of-politics/new-york/ny-state-of-politics/2022/03/14/new-york-lawmakers-want-to-speed-up-electric-buildings-construction" target="_blank">: Albany lawmakers want to speed up ban on fossil fuels in construction <span class="il">of</span> new buildings (NY State <span class="il">of</span> Politics)</a><br />
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<b>NYC AND ETHICS</b><br />
<span style="color: black;">Sally Goldenberg: <a href="https://www.politico.com/news/2022/03/14/adams-quietly-undoes-de-blasio-era-lobbying-disclosure-requirement-00016867" target="_blank">NYC Mayor Eric Adams undoes de Blasio lobbying disclosure requirement (Politico)</a></span></p><p><span style="color: black;"><b>HOUSING CONDITIONS & DEVELOPMENT</b> </span><br /><span style="color: black;">The City:<a href="https://www.thecity.nyc/2022/3/10/22971938/bronx-fire-survivors-say-city-hall-new-meal-provider-adds-insult-to-injury" target="_blank"> Bronx fire survivors say City Hall's new meal provider adds insult to injury</a></span><br />
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Giavanni Alves: <a href="https://www.silive.com/news/2022/03/one-park-hill-building-tops-nyc-list-of-staten-island-apartments-with-most-violations-report-says.html" target="_blank">Building at Park Hill complex tops NYC list <span class="il">of</span> Staten Island apartments with most violations (Staten Island Advance)</a><br />
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Kathryn Brenzel: <a href="https://therealdeal.com/2022/03/11/fight-is-on-for-leaning-seaport-tower-after-mediation-falls-apart/" target="_blank">Fight is on for "leaning" Seaport tower after mediation falls apart (The Real Deal)</a><br />
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New York Times: <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2022/03/11/nyregion/nyc-chinatown-signs.html" target="_blank">Manhattan's Chinese street signs are disappearing as Chinese population in Chinatown shrinks </a><br />
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color: #505050; font-family: Arial; margin: 1em 0px;"><span style="font-size: medium;">As evictions, rent hikes and homelessness rise across the state, our state legislators are sitting in Albany debating solutions WITHOUT us.</span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #505050; font-family: Arial; margin: 1em 0px;"><strong><span style="font-size: medium;">So on Wednesday March 9th, we are descending on the state capitol to demand real solutions for renters and homeless New Yorkers.</span></strong></p><h2 style="background-color: white; color: #404040; font-family: Arial; text-align: center;"><a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://u1584542.ct.sendgrid.net/ss/c/CMxF4nARlf6wAFa1PSfv0g3wdtg9fsYZUCQweLSiUUxlzMVI81DNLdtbxgLvQPXjQIaOCgL02BU2UVLto5iQZJ5Vngv0g5eQ8bDpJ-xlsZtCdMXetMMsBaVKnPeHAwcqD6tU1QqwM6A2CvwkpZPdJzLimrRRtO8pbKmRVWbBQK1kZyK8sb5uU2j7ZpNtu2qiOPrsRiBUH-QAzadn63wqFOQKuzv8kanIMXxNi8qLwdUNZqvJ52WbnbLmd414FChN7aYmDnf26rODt-dpuV2ivw3NP5ofVquZk-MSM81GY1-IpHnl0fAWrVnHMAyroyHU4QdyUnf-F4Gx-ovP_YM0rw-ySz0h5Spr9XJj2ooEHTKj0WAYLEDzi3owp-UmKTQMNqUjPkh8PRJKG7TquWEZNn4GZFBO1_K8V3ivGb5u4CLJKde8lVPwPj59IdSUHFYt/3k1/xf69SIvOT9KnZRPP_Ph2Kw/h1/wJ20Av2eoBipPiOB1UJsTdrpssqYB0mG-hKBcJSTvnY&source=gmail&ust=1646503880652000&usg=AOvVaw2YBZumtyjcy_p9EH0Cr7zi" href="https://u1584542.ct.sendgrid.net/ss/c/CMxF4nARlf6wAFa1PSfv0g3wdtg9fsYZUCQweLSiUUxlzMVI81DNLdtbxgLvQPXjQIaOCgL02BU2UVLto5iQZJ5Vngv0g5eQ8bDpJ-xlsZtCdMXetMMsBaVKnPeHAwcqD6tU1QqwM6A2CvwkpZPdJzLimrRRtO8pbKmRVWbBQK1kZyK8sb5uU2j7ZpNtu2qiOPrsRiBUH-QAzadn63wqFOQKuzv8kanIMXxNi8qLwdUNZqvJ52WbnbLmd414FChN7aYmDnf26rODt-dpuV2ivw3NP5ofVquZk-MSM81GY1-IpHnl0fAWrVnHMAyroyHU4QdyUnf-F4Gx-ovP_YM0rw-ySz0h5Spr9XJj2ooEHTKj0WAYLEDzi3owp-UmKTQMNqUjPkh8PRJKG7TquWEZNn4GZFBO1_K8V3ivGb5u4CLJKde8lVPwPj59IdSUHFYt/3k1/xf69SIvOT9KnZRPP_Ph2Kw/h1/wJ20Av2eoBipPiOB1UJsTdrpssqYB0mG-hKBcJSTvnY" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank">Join us in Albany on Wednesday!</a></h2><p style="background-color: white; color: #505050; font-family: Arial; margin: 1em 0px;"><span style="font-size: medium;">The legislature and the governor are debating and deciding on next year's state budget <strong>right now.</strong> And we know that any budget that does not include the right to remain, permanent rental assistance and an end to real estate tax breaks is NOT a budget for the people.</span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #505050; font-family: Arial; margin: 1em 0px;"><strong><span style="font-size: medium;">Get on the bus to Albany next Wednesday to demand <a href="https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2019/s2892#:~:text=BILL%20NUMBER%3A%20S2892B%20REVISED%2002,residential%20leases%20without%20good%20cause." target="_blank">Good Cause Eviction</a>, the Housing Access Voucher Program and an end to real estate tax breaks!</span></strong></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #505050; font-family: Arial; margin: 1em 0px;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://u1584542.ct.sendgrid.net/ss/c/CMxF4nARlf6wAFa1PSfv0g3wdtg9fsYZUCQweLSiUUxlzMVI81DNLdtbxgLvQPXjQIaOCgL02BU2UVLto5iQZJ5Vngv0g5eQ8bDpJ-xlsZtCdMXetMMsBaVKnPeHAwcqD6tU1QqwM6A2CvwkpZPdJwwOnfvxZ9Fe0mWcLl2G_hBc9RKHtgLwKdpwVLPaCvjq07Jxp2qh9qnVKgg1ImKbBiL-PK6PWZBVE9fKekKIXwpx3sQe483OdHh9kBwmgL9MlZwPHWWfXL7Fybp3yOePCAAZhvlqq-YYyFNvNBbsLFTjv6pWEmd-b5D_en9LtbW8saryRRy7xU6Ndj_4si8ZahopRQHpHnpaXG6-EUBVS-Dpn5xycNMixkCDrzaF8-KVgnxWrAWxbCpgZLxaKttX5WN6JidqXsmXJR1Yzl1lZlbk119q4Se3gSlzQb4Z5d-t/3k1/xf69SIvOT9KnZRPP_Ph2Kw/h2/rni8lOpqvwGDPnA0QinM4xnGU6bZLQwLgIni-16Fpr4&source=gmail&ust=1646503880652000&usg=AOvVaw2rU2bCVjiSwQVTJb1gEAQt" href="https://u1584542.ct.sendgrid.net/ss/c/CMxF4nARlf6wAFa1PSfv0g3wdtg9fsYZUCQweLSiUUxlzMVI81DNLdtbxgLvQPXjQIaOCgL02BU2UVLto5iQZJ5Vngv0g5eQ8bDpJ-xlsZtCdMXetMMsBaVKnPeHAwcqD6tU1QqwM6A2CvwkpZPdJwwOnfvxZ9Fe0mWcLl2G_hBc9RKHtgLwKdpwVLPaCvjq07Jxp2qh9qnVKgg1ImKbBiL-PK6PWZBVE9fKekKIXwpx3sQe483OdHh9kBwmgL9MlZwPHWWfXL7Fybp3yOePCAAZhvlqq-YYyFNvNBbsLFTjv6pWEmd-b5D_en9LtbW8saryRRy7xU6Ndj_4si8ZahopRQHpHnpaXG6-EUBVS-Dpn5xycNMixkCDrzaF8-KVgnxWrAWxbCpgZLxaKttX5WN6JidqXsmXJR1Yzl1lZlbk119q4Se3gSlzQb4Z5d-t/3k1/xf69SIvOT9KnZRPP_Ph2Kw/h2/rni8lOpqvwGDPnA0QinM4xnGU6bZLQwLgIni-16Fpr4" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank">Fill out this form</a> and we will connect you to the nearest bus pick up and arrange transportation and lunch for the day. We will require proof of vaccination to board the bus.</span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #505050; font-family: Arial; margin: 1em 0px;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Our elected officials need to feel our presence in the halls of the state capitol in order to do the right thing.<strong> </strong><a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://u1584542.ct.sendgrid.net/ss/c/CMxF4nARlf6wAFa1PSfv0g3wdtg9fsYZUCQweLSiUUxlzMVI81DNLdtbxgLvQPXjQIaOCgL02BU2UVLto5iQZJ5Vngv0g5eQ8bDpJ-xlsZtCdMXetMMsBaVKnPeHAwcqD6tU1QqwM6A2CvwkpZPdJwkDLHo2vICwoezJDy1wZoww9QWFMWZP4E_z9WLhfKbZhKAkLAPexJ3HKRxOlgLZ1T1nIdmghI4mHygWGaOkzvJPo1cJ-w_hz0vnm2YkNoqnyG8WPe2jWdQjkEUT3YeGavP0Jd8MYoDYndGQS97ZEaVs4cnrIXLMz1sl79HFSj8UfHDPps6kXQjy3SALplDfsYrrQBUQb8gYCBe3_IsCUKlYpNJ35mCd46q2W_dzw9j7_X8FxI0z_P3wU2OJ_5FFhgDWMxPY5kzhsBn2PdJYO9SGmLW4pZhccqPiGTbHAAkb/3k1/xf69SIvOT9KnZRPP_Ph2Kw/h3/6VONhClb93nKkPu2ptbWw3GdZ_72KXAbE5PtgrwL1Yw&source=gmail&ust=1646503880652000&usg=AOvVaw1McqNoksf4IV7Kav4nNNvT" href="https://u1584542.ct.sendgrid.net/ss/c/CMxF4nARlf6wAFa1PSfv0g3wdtg9fsYZUCQweLSiUUxlzMVI81DNLdtbxgLvQPXjQIaOCgL02BU2UVLto5iQZJ5Vngv0g5eQ8bDpJ-xlsZtCdMXetMMsBaVKnPeHAwcqD6tU1QqwM6A2CvwkpZPdJwkDLHo2vICwoezJDy1wZoww9QWFMWZP4E_z9WLhfKbZhKAkLAPexJ3HKRxOlgLZ1T1nIdmghI4mHygWGaOkzvJPo1cJ-w_hz0vnm2YkNoqnyG8WPe2jWdQjkEUT3YeGavP0Jd8MYoDYndGQS97ZEaVs4cnrIXLMz1sl79HFSj8UfHDPps6kXQjy3SALplDfsYrrQBUQb8gYCBe3_IsCUKlYpNJ35mCd46q2W_dzw9j7_X8FxI0z_P3wU2OJ_5FFhgDWMxPY5kzhsBn2PdJYO9SGmLW4pZhccqPiGTbHAAkb/3k1/xf69SIvOT9KnZRPP_Ph2Kw/h3/6VONhClb93nKkPu2ptbWw3GdZ_72KXAbE5PtgrwL1Yw" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank"><strong>Join hundreds of renters and homeless New Yorkers at the capitol on Wednesday!</strong></a></span></p></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1071919213630591924.post-19591275421192141912022-01-16T17:02:00.004-05:002022-01-16T17:02:56.544-05:00Michael McKee's Articles of Interest on line<p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Click on <a href="https://www.tenantsny.org/p/articles-of-interest-to-tenant-advocates.html">TenantsNY.org</a> for links to all of Michael McKee's Articles of Interest to Tenant Advocates on behalf of Tenants PAC.</span></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1071919213630591924.post-15229035366215607672022-01-16T12:18:00.001-05:002022-01-16T12:18:14.299-05:00What's Next After the Eviction Moratorium? <p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">The Upstate/Downstate Housing Alliance (Housing Justice for All), Met Council on Housing, Citizen Action of NY, and NYC Democratic Socialists are hosting a </span></p><div><b style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Mass Meeting: What's next after the Eviction Moratorium?</span></b></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Monday, Jan. 17, 2022 from 7-9 PM<br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Elected officials in Albany let New York's eviction moratorium expire last week without passing any protections to support tenants. Join Housing Justice for All, tenant attorneys, and organizers to talk about what is next in the fight against evictions and homelessness. We'll talk about: </span></span></div><div><ul><li><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">What to do if you owe rent? </span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">How you can fight back against your eviction?</span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Permanent solutions for New York's housing crisis</span></li></ul><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://actionnetwork.org/events/mass-meeting-whats-next-after-the-eviction-moratorium?source=direct_link&" style="font-family: arial;" target="_blank">Click here to register</a><span style="font-family: arial;"> or contact </span><a href="mailto:info@housingjusticeforall.org" style="background-color: white; color: #1155cc; font-family: arial;" target="_blank">info@housingjusticeforall.org</a><span style="font-family: arial;"> for more information. </span></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></span></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1071919213630591924.post-8533246512148826792021-06-30T15:41:00.005-04:002021-06-30T15:41:28.982-04:00McKee's Media - June 30, 2021<p><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium;"><strong><br /></strong></span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCW_UkSCGnDiPf9wxc46Z3khP0zPKk5KK_bDmPTTmZOQiZPox0DYnK9NtnH2mIIzEcWNGv1SxgTZnSrrRMQn0NOliVm1rp8Ona74bScZBqTdFZ2WxtsWuRbjDkm9ObXOYg_4_a2PN9xe63/s210/Tenants+PAC+logo.gif" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="105" data-original-width="210" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCW_UkSCGnDiPf9wxc46Z3khP0zPKk5KK_bDmPTTmZOQiZPox0DYnK9NtnH2mIIzEcWNGv1SxgTZnSrrRMQn0NOliVm1rp8Ona74bScZBqTdFZ2WxtsWuRbjDkm9ObXOYg_4_a2PN9xe63/s0/Tenants+PAC+logo.gif" /></a></div><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium;"><strong><p><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium;"><strong><br /></strong></span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium;"><strong><br /></strong></span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium;"><strong><br /></strong></span></p><p><strong><br /></strong></p><p><strong>ARTICLES OF INTEREST TO TENANT AD</strong><strong>VOCATES:</strong></p></strong></span><span style="font-family: arial;">(excerpted from Michael McKee's email)</span><p></p><p><br style="background-color: white;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px;">Robert Barnes:<a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/courts_law/cdc-eviction-moratorium-supreme-court/2021/06/29/19771b7e-d92d-11eb-8fb8-aea56b785b00_story.html" target="_blank"> U.S. Supreme Court votes 5-4 to leave CDC moratorium on evictions in place</a> (Washington Post)</span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px;">Scott Wilson:</span><a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/california-to-pay-overdue-rent-for-low-income-residents-after-pandemic-year/2021/06/25/6a2db860-d5dc-11eb-aebf-c05122bd3669_story.html" style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px;" target="_blank"> California allocates $5.2 billion to pay overdue rent for low-income residents, $6 billion to convert obsolete properties into housing for homeless Californians</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px;"> (Washington Post) [Compare this to the $2 billion for NY tenants.]</span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px;">Sara Maslin Nir: </span><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2021/06/26/nyregion/the-hamptons-seasonal-workers.html" style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px;" target="_blank">There are jobs in the Hamptons. If only workers could afford the rent </a><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px;">(New York Times)</span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px;">David Brand: <a href="https://citylimits.org/2021/06/28/hundreds-of-new-yorkers-sent-back-to-homeless-shelters-in-return-to-status-quo/" target="_blank">De Blasio moving thousands of homeless New Yorkers out of hotels back into congregate shelters </a>(City Limits)</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px;" /></p><p><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px;">Bill Heltsel: </span><a href="https://westfaironline.com/137901/mount-vernon-tenants-challenge-state-rent-control-agency/" style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px;" target="_blank">Westchester tenants sue state housing agency over swimming pool order</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px;"> for reduction in services (Westchester-Fairfield Business Journal)</span></p><p><span></span></p><a name='more'></a><p></p><p><b><span style="font-family: arial;">CITY BUDGET AND LOCAL ELECTIONS</span></b><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px;">Daily News: <a href="https://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/new-york-elections-government/ny-nyc-de-blasio-budget-nypd-20210629-yezuuguk4nhh3oqsn4f5bvylsm-story.html" target="_blank">De Blasio previews near-$100 billion NYC "recovery" budget as protestors demand cuts to NYPD</a></span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px;">Ross Barkan:</span><a href="https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/?tab=rm&ogbl#inbox/FMfcgzGkXwJzHnTtCTfHdRRhLnKSlZTl" style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px;" target="_blank"> The two paths to political strife, if Eric Adams wins NYC mayoral race, or if he loses </a><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px;">(Political Currents)</span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px;">Politico NY: </span><a href="https://www.politico.com/states/new-york/city-hall/story/2021/06/27/it-is-not-over-new-yorks-mayoral-frontrunner-forced-into-waiting-game-1387222" style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px;" target="_blank">Delay in final vote count in NYC mayoral race forces front runner Eric Adams into a waiting mode; Wiley & Garcia believe they can prevail</a></p><p><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px;">Gothamist/WNYC: <a href="https://gothamist.com/news/first-unofficial-ranked-choice-results-adams-garcia-mayoral-race-2021" target="_blank">First unofficial ranked-choice results are in. Adams' lead shrinks, Garcia close behind</a></span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: black; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px;">Matt Troutman:<a href="https://patch.com/new-york/washington-heights-inwood/s/hnfd5/discrepancy-leaves-nyc-mayoral-primary-vote-in-chaos" target="_blank"> NYC Board of Elections withdraws ranked-choice numbers, citing "discrepancy" </a>(Patch)</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px;">Politico NY: <a href="https://www.politico.com/states/new-york/albany/story/2021/06/29/election-officials-void-latest-new-york-mayoral-count-after-including-test-results-in-tally-1387464" target="_blank">NYC mayoral election in chaos as Board of Elections bungles first round of counting in ranked-choice voting</a></span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px;">Ross Barkan: <a href="https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/?tab=rm&ogbl#inbox/FMfcgzGkXwNcmWWCzgBskrVJfXjNVzsv" target="_blank">Throwback: The NYC Board of Elections is still terrible </a>(Political Currents)</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px;">City & State <a href="https://www.cityandstateny.com/articles/personality/interviews-profiles/india-walton-her-history-making-campaign.html" target="_blank">interview with India Walton about her history-making campaign for Mayor of Buffalo</a></span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px;">Spectrum News: <a href="https://spectrumlocalnews.com/nys/buffalo/news/2021/06/28/mayor-byron-brown-makes-campaign-decision" target="_blank">Buffalo Mayor Byron Brown announces he will pursue a write-in campaign against India Walton in November election</a> (VIDEO)</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px;" /><br /><b><span style="font-family: arial;">CUOMO & ETHICS</span></b><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px;">The Broadsheet: <a href="https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/?tab=rm&ogbl#inbox/FMfcgzGkXwNbDvZszgrpllTDfBmpmXnD" target="_blank">Protestors lie down in front of bulldozers to stop tree-cutting for Andrew Cuomo's latest vanity project in Battery Park City</a></span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px;">Brendon Lyons: <a href="https://www.timesunion.com/news/article/Troopers-who-guarded-Cuomo-not-contacted-in-16279818.php" target="_blank">Law firm hired by State Assembly in impeachment probe declines to interview state troopers who guard Cuomo </a>(Albany Times Union)</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px;">Nick Reisman: <a href="https://nystateofpolitics.com/state-of-politics/new-york/ny-state-of-politics/2021/06/30/labor-and-business-leaders-attend-cuomo-fundraiser" target="_blank">Labor & business leaders attend Andrew Cuomo's $10,000 per ticket fundraiser</a> (NY State of Politics)</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px;">New York Post: <a href="https://nypost.com/2021/06/30/cuomo-fundraiser-attracts-union-bosses-corporate-ceos-despite-scandals/" target="_blank">Corporate & labor bigwigs show support for Cuomo at pricey fundraiser despite scandals</a></span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px;">Sarah Jones: <a href="https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2021/06/andrew-giuilani-andrew-cuomo-and-the-age-of-the-failson.html" target="_blank">Failson Nation: Entitled children like Andrew Giuliani running for public office is a symptom of decline </a>(New York Magazine Intelligencer)</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px;" /><br style="background-color: white; 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margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 9px;" valign="top"></td></tr><tr><td id="m_-2048868257326385357templateBody" style="background: none 50% 50% / cover no-repeat rgb(255, 255, 255); border-bottom: 2px solid rgb(234, 234, 234); border-top: 0px; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 9px; padding-top: 0px;" valign="top"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td style="margin: 0px; padding-top: 9px;" valign="top"><table align="left" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="m_-2048868257326385357mcnTextContentContainer" style="border-collapse: collapse; max-width: 100%; min-width: 100%; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td class="m_-2048868257326385357mcnTextContent" style="color: #222222; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 18px 9px; word-break: break-word;" valign="top"><span style="font-size: medium;"><strong>ARTICLES OF INTEREST TO TENANT ADVOCATES:</strong></span><br /><br /><b>Converting hotels to affordable homes<br /></b>Kathryn Brenzel:<a href="https://therealdeal.com/2021/05/20/lawmakers-race-to-allow-commercial-to-resi-conversions/" target="_blank"> Albany lawmakers race to allow commercial to residential conversions before end of session </a>(The Real Deal)<br /><br /><b>Right to Counsel for all NYC boroughs!</b><br />Allison Dikanovic: <a href="https://www.thecity.nyc/2021/5/20/22444023/right-to-counsel-expands-citywide-why-thats-a-big-deal-tenants-nyc" target="_blank">De Blasio signs bill expanding "Right to Counsel" to all zip codes in NYC. Here's why it's a big deal </a>(The City)<br /><br /><b>Homelessness<br /></b>Michael Gartland: <a href="https://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/new-york-elections-government/ny-nyc-de-blasio-homeless-population-down-20210520-dksqcx3k2jgqdolujscxilt6dm-story.html" target="_blank">NYC street homeless down by 38 percent, but future uncertain</a> (Daily News)<br />Jeff Coltin: <a href="https://www.cityandstateny.com/articles/personality/interviews-profiles/christine-quinn-other-side.html" target="_blank">Christine Quinn on what the next mayor of NYC must do to end homelessness </a>(City & State)<br />Ethan Geringer-Sameth: <a href="https://www.gothamgazette.com/city/10495-democratic-mayoral-candidates-family-homelessness-shelter-housing-education" target="_blank">Democratic candidates for NYC Mayor take on family homelessness </a>(Gotham Gazette)<br /><br /><b>Mayoral Campaign<br /></b>Jim Brennan's Commentaries: <a href="https://jimbrennanscommentaries.com/2021/05/17/an-actual-mayoral-poll-with-a-ranked-choice-outcome-shows-the-pathway-for-a-vote-you-can-see-the-process-in-action/" target="_blank">An actual NYC mayoral poll with a ranked-choice outcome illustrates how it works</a><br />Dean Moses: <a href="https://www.amny.com/news/garcia-housing-heals-homeless-end-plan/" target="_blank">Kathryn Garcia says her "Housing Heals" plan aims to end homelessness in NYC </a>(amny)<br />Gotham Gazette: <a href="https://www.gothamgazette.com/city/10460-dianne-morales-strengths-weaknesses-runs-nyc-mayor" target="_blank">Dianne Morales' strengths and weaknesses as she runs for NYC Mayor</a><br />Ross Barkan: <a href="https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/?tab=rm&ogbl#inbox/FMfcgzGkXSVnDjgqvGRTKpbzhjgMcHQW" target="_blank">Dianne Morales, under fire </a>(Political Currents)<br />Julia Marsh: <a href="https://nypost.com/2021/05/20/andrew-yang-is-stumped-by-basic-questions-about-nypd-reforms/" target="_blank">Andrew Yang is stumped by basic questions about NYPD reforms</a> (New York Post)<br />Politico NY: <a href="https://www.politico.com/states/new-york/albany/story/2021/05/20/yang-fumbles-on-city-issues-as-race-for-mayor-gets-more-competitive-1383373" target="_blank">Andrew Yang fumbles on issues as race for NYC mayor gets more competitive<span><a name='more'></a></span></a></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td style="margin: 0px; padding-top: 9px;" valign="top"><table align="left" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="m_-2048868257326385357mcnTextContentContainer" style="border-collapse: collapse; max-width: 100%; min-width: 100%; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td class="m_-2048868257326385357mcnTextContent" style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 18px 9px; word-break: break-word;" valign="top"><div style="color: #222222;">Carl Campanile: <a href="https://nypost.com/2021/05/20/adams-johnson-pick-up-endorsements-in-mayor-comptroller-races/" target="_blank">Eric Adams, Corey Johnson pick up endorsements in NYC mayor, comptroller races</a> (New York Post)</div><div style="color: #222222;">Michael Gartland: <a href="https://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/nyc-elections-2021/ny-nyc-mayoral-race-eric-adams-jewish-press-endorsement-20210520-5463gm32o5dttmexenscqerxse-story.html" target="_blank">Eric Adams accepts NYC mayoral endorsement from newspaper whose editor attended U.S. Capitol riots</a> (Daily News)<br />Gloria Pazmino: <a href="https://www.ny1.com/nyc/all-boroughs/news/2021/05/20/adams-rallies-with-supporters--launches-get-out-the-vote-effort-ahead-of-primary" target="_blank">Eric Adams rallies with supporters, gets boost from hotel workers union in independent expenditure targeting Latino voters </a>(New York 1)<br />Pema Levy: <a href="https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2021/05/andrew-yang-new-york-progressives/" target="_blank">Why progressive activists are terrified of NYC mayoral candidate Andrew Yang </a>(Mother Jones)<br />Ross Barkan: <a href="https://www.cityandstateny.com/articles/opinion/commentary/eric-adams-has-no-principles.html" target="_blank">Eric Adams has no principles. He flip flops even more dramatically than Andrew Yang</a> (City & State opinion)<br />Julia Marsh: <a href="https://nypost.com/2021/05/19/andrew-yang-eric-adams-neck-and-neck-in-new-mayoral-poll/" target="_blank">Andrew Yang & Eric Adams neck-and-neck in new NYC mayoral poll </a>(New York Post)</div><div style="color: #222222;">Carl Campanile: <a href="https://nypost.com/2021/05/21/upper-east-dem-club-abandons-scott-stringer-backs-kathryn-garcia-for-mayor/" target="_blank">Upper East Side Dem club abandons Scott Stringer, endorses Kathryn Garcia for NYC Mayor</a> (New York Post)</div><div><span style="color: #222222;">Emma Fitzsimmons: </span><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/20/nyregion/nyc-mayoral-candidates-virtual-debate.html" target="_blank">NYC mayoral candidates agree on this: no more virtual debates</a><span style="color: #222222;"> (New York Times)</span><span style="color: #0b5394;"><u><br /></u></span><br /></div><div style="color: #222222;"><b>Other NYC Primary Races</b></div><div style="color: #222222;">Rachel Holliday Smith:<a href="https://www.thecity.nyc/civic-newsroom/2021/5/19/22443400/comptroller-public-advocate-election-new-york-city-what-you-need-to-know" target="_blank"> NYC Comptroller and Public Advocate races: What you need to know </a>(The City)<br />Samantha Maldonado: <a href="https://www.thecity.nyc/2021/5/20/22446638/comptroller-candidate-brad-lander-campaign-union" target="_blank">NYC Comptroller candidate Brad Lander's campaign staffers form union</a> (The City)<br />Deanna Paul: <a href="https://www.wsj.com/articles/tali-farhadian-weinsteins-immigrant-story-shapes-campaign-for-manhattan-district-attorney-11621425605" target="_blank">Manhattan D.A. candidate Tali Farhadian Weinstein's immigrant story helps to blunt criticism that she is captive of the rich and powerful (Wall Street Journal)</a> (AUDIO)<br /><span style="color: black;">Samar Khurshid:<a href="https://www.gothamgazette.com/city/10496-queens-moderate-council-member-holden-progressive-challenger-ardila" target="_blank"> Progressive challenger Juan Ardila challenges NIMBY incumbent Robert Holden in Queens City Council race</a> (Gotham Gazette)</span><br /><br /><b>Albany Ethics</b><br /><span style="color: black;">David Goodman: <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/19/nyregion/cuomo-covid-test-investigation.html" target="_blank">U.S. investigation of Cuomo broadens to include expedited COVID testing for his family members</a> (New York Times)</span><br />Morgan McKay:<a href="https://spectrumlocalnews.com/nys/central-ny/news/2021/05/20/cuomo-calls-reporter-questions-on-book-deal--stupid-and-offensive-" target="_blank"> Cuomo calls reporter's questions about his $5 million book deal "stupid"</a> (NY State of Politics)<br /><span style="color: black;">Michael Grynbaum: <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/20/business/media/chris-cuomo-governor-brothers-cnn.html" target="_blank">Chris Cuomo of CNN advised Gov. Cuomo on sexual harassment allegations, raising ethics questions</a> (New York Times)</span><br /><span style="color: #0b5394;"><u><br /></u></span></div><div><span style="color: #222222;">The City: </span><a href="https://www.thecity.nyc/work/2021/5/19/22444743/gig-workers-unionize-in-new-york-but-still-not-employees" target="_blank">Gig workers inch closer to right to unionize in New York -- but there's a catch</a><span style="color: #0b5394;"><u><br /></u></span><br /><br /></div></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><br /></td></tr><tr><td id="m_-2048868257326385357templateFooter" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: 50% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat; background-size: cover; border-bottom: 0px; border-top: 0px; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 9px; padding-top: 9px;" valign="top"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" 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max-width: 100%; min-width: 100%; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td class="m_2472729457275249744mcnTextContent" style="color: #222222; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 18px 9px; word-break: break-word;" valign="top"><span style="font-size: medium;">ARTICLES OF INTEREST TO TENANT ADVOCATES:</span><br /><br /><b>RENT RELIEF PROGRAM</b><br />Suzanne Cavanaugh:<a href="https://therealdeal.com/2021/05/12/new-yorks-rent-relief-site-goes-live-without-applications/+&cd=1&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us" target="_blank"> NYS rent relief website goes live -- but without an application</a> (The Real Deal)<br />Eddie Small: <a href="https://www.crainsnewyork.com/residential-real-estate/4-5-applicants-rejected-second-round-rent-relief-program" target="_blank">NYS rejected four out of five applicants for second round of rent relief </a>(Crain's)<br />Adam Mahoney: <a href="https://grist.org/housing/fema-funding-homelessness-covid-19/" style="font-family: arial, "helvetica neue", helvetica, sans-serif;" target="_blank">FEMA has funding to house the homeless, but local governments are not applying </a><span face="arial, "helvetica neue", helvetica, sans-serif">(Grist)</span><br /><br /><b>SHORT-TERM RENTALS</b><br />Shant Shahrigian: <a href="https://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/new-york-elections-government/ny-nyc-airbnb-crackdown-ben-kallos-20210511-qajpn5p4mzdvtid5ah3pvvi3ae-story.html" target="_blank">Council Member Ben Kallos introduces bill to require Short-Term Rental hosts to register with NYC </a>(Daily News)<br />Katie Honan: <a href="https://www.wsj.com/articles/new-york-city-council-bill-toughens-airbnb-regulations-11620859968" target="_blank">New City Council bill would make it harder for illegal Short-Term Rentals </a>(Wall Street Journal) <br />Dennis Schaal: <a href="https://skift.com/2021/05/13/airbnb-posts-1-2-billion-loss-and-turns-attention-to-expected-supply-demand-mismatch/" target="_blank">Airbnb posts $1.2 billion first-quarter loss </a>(Skift)<br /></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td style="margin: 0px; padding-top: 9px;" valign="top"><table align="left" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="m_2472729457275249744mcnTextContentContainer" style="border-collapse: collapse; max-width: 100%; min-width: 100%; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td class="m_2472729457275249744mcnTextContent" style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 18px 9px; word-break: break-word;" valign="top"><div style="color: #222222; text-align: center;"><span face="arial, "helvetica neue", helvetica, sans-serif" style="text-align: left;">The Real Deal: <a href="https://therealdeal.com/2021/05/14/demand-for-short-term-rentals-surges-past-pre-pandemic-levels/" target="_blank">Demand for short-term rentals surges past pre-pandemic levels</a></span></div><div style="color: #222222;"><span face="arial, "helvetica neue", helvetica, sans-serif">Steven Nigro: <a href="https://www.citylandnyc.org/fines-enforced-against-building-owner/" target="_blank">NYC fines landlord for illegal short-term rental by tenant</a> (CityLand)<br /><br /><b>ZONING<br /></b></span><span face="arial, "helvetica neue", helvetica, sans-serif">Kathryn Brenzel: <a href="https://therealdeal.com/2021/05/14/judge-lets-eichners-crown-heights-project-near-botanic-garden-advance/" target="_blank">Judge lifts temporary restraining order on Crown Heights towers that cast shadows on Brooklyn Botanical Garden </a>(The Real Deal)</span></div><div style="color: #222222;"><span face="arial, "helvetica neue", helvetica, sans-serif"><br /></span></div><div style="color: #222222;"><span face="arial, "helvetica neue", helvetica, sans-serif"><b>VOTING RIGHTS</b></span></div><div style="color: #222222;"><span face="arial, "helvetica neue", helvetica, sans-serif"><div style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica;"><span face="arial, "helvetica neue", helvetica, sans-serif" style="color: #222222;">Brigid Bergin:</span><a href="https://gothamist.com/news/new-york-poised-expand-voting-rights-other-states-suppress-them" style="font-family: arial, "helvetica neue", helvetica, sans-serif;" target="_blank"> In November NYS voters will vote on two constitutional amendments to expand voting rights</a><span face="arial, "helvetica neue", helvetica, sans-serif" style="color: #222222;"> (Gothamist/WNYC)</span></div><div style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica;"><span face="arial, "helvetica neue", helvetica, sans-serif" style="color: #222222;">Buffalo News editorial: </span><a href="https://buffalonews.com/opinion/editorial/the-editorial-board-even-the-state-constitution-may-fail-to-prevent-the-return-of-the/article_2786fda4-ae6e-11eb-aec9-cff19f1779b1.html?mc_cid=6dc4b6575f&mc_eid=2fbf5c938a" style="font-family: arial, "helvetica neue", helvetica, sans-serif;" target="_blank">2014 NYS redistricting amendment might not prevent the return of the "earmuff" district</a><span face="arial, "helvetica neue", helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="color: #222222;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span face="arial, "helvetica neue", helvetica, sans-serif">Christine Chung:</span><a href="https://www.thecity.nyc/2021/5/12/22433507/ranked-choice-voting-software-new-york-city" style="font-family: arial, "helvetica neue", helvetica, sans-serif;" target="_blank"> Weeks from pivotal primary election, NYC Board of Election still does not have software to tally ranked-choice votes (</a><span face="arial, "helvetica neue", helvetica, sans-serif">The City)<span><a name='more'></a></span></span></span></div></span></div><div><span style="color: #222222;"><br style="font-family: arial, "helvetica neue", helvetica, sans-serif;" /></span><span face="arial, "helvetica neue", helvetica, sans-serif" style="color: #222222;"><b>ASKING RENTS DROP ON VACANT APTS</b><br />WNBC-TV: <a href="https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/nyc-apartment-rents-plunge-21-even-as-new-leases-hit-record-highs/3055791/" target="_blank">Asking rents on vacant NYC apartments drop 21 percent even as new leases hit record highs </a>(VIDEO)</span></div><div style="color: #222222;"><span face="arial, "helvetica neue", helvetica, sans-serif">Erin Hudson: C</span><a href="https://therealdeal.com/2021/05/13/rental-to-condo-conversions-drop-80-after-2019-rent-law-report/" style="font-family: arial, "helvetica neue", helvetica, sans-serif;" target="_blank">oop/condo conversions in NYC drop by 80 percent following enactment of 2019 rent law</a><span face="arial, "helvetica neue", helvetica, sans-serif"> (The Real Deal) </span></div><div style="color: #222222;"><span face="arial, "helvetica neue", helvetica, sans-serif">Nick Reisman: </span><a href="https://nystateofpolitics.com/state-of-politics/new-york/ny-state-of-politics/2021/05/14/sales-tax-revenue-shows-signs-of-recovery" style="font-family: arial, "helvetica neue", helvetica, sans-serif;" target="_blank">NYS Comptroller Nick Reisman reports that sales tax revenue increased sharply in April </a><span face="arial, "helvetica neue", helvetica, sans-serif">(NY State of Politics)</span><span face="arial, "helvetica neue", helvetica, sans-serif"><br /><br /><b>DEBT COLLECTS CAN'T ACCESS FED STIMULUS FUNDS</b><br />Nick Reisman: <a href="https://nystateofpolitics.com/state-of-politics/new-york/ny-state-of-politics/2021/05/14/debt-collectors-would-not-be-able-to-access-stimulus-funds-under-new-law" target="_blank">Cuomo signs bill barring debt collectors from accessing federal stimulus funds </a>(NY State of Politics)<br /><br /><b>BAD LANDLORDS AND ACTIVE TENANTS</b></span></div><div style="color: #222222;"><span face="arial, "helvetica neue", helvetica, sans-serif">John Annese: <a href="https://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/nyc-crime/ny-brooklyn-landlord-fatal-fire-manslaughter-20210513-maita2cjgjgyrifemh35pc4ooq-story.html" target="_blank">Manslaughter charge for Brooklyn landlord who spared himself heat bill with space heaters -- one of which caused deadly blaze </a>(Daily News)</span></div><div style="color: #222222;"><span face="arial, "helvetica neue", helvetica, sans-serif" style="color: black;">Irina Ivanova:</span><a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/news/eviction-landlords-ftc-cfpb/" style="font-family: arial, "helvetica neue", helvetica, sans-serif;" target="_blank"> Feds target evictions by some of America's biggest landlords</a><span face="arial, "helvetica neue", helvetica, sans-serif" style="color: black;"> (CBS News) (VIDEO)</span><span face="arial, "helvetica neue", helvetica, sans-serif"><br /><br /><b>NYC PRIMARY RACES</b></span></div><div style="color: #222222;"><span face="arial, "helvetica neue", helvetica, sans-serif">David Cruz: <a href="https://gothamist.com/news/how-mayoral-candidates-will-make-housing-more-affordable-nyc" target="_blank">How candidates for NYC mayor will make housing more affordable</a> (Gothamist)<br />The City: <a href="https://www.thecity.nyc/2021/5/11/22431629/andrew-yang-campaign-donors-outside-nyc" target="_blank">A majority of donors to Andrew Yang's mayoral campaign don't live in New York City</a><br />Michael Rothfeld: <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/16/nyregion/eric-adams-fund-raising.html" target="_blank">How NYC mayoral candidate Eric Adams mixed money and political ambition </a>(New York Times)</span></div><div style="color: #222222;"><span face="arial, "helvetica neue", helvetica, sans-serif" style="color: black;">Erin Durkin: </span><a href="https://www.politico.com/news/2021/05/12/eric-adams-gambling-deal-487684" style="font-family: arial, "helvetica neue", helvetica, sans-serif;" target="_blank">How top NYC mayoral candidate Eric Adams was caught up in a classic Albany scandal </a><span face="arial, "helvetica neue", helvetica, sans-serif" style="color: black;">(Politico)</span><span face="arial, "helvetica neue", helvetica, sans-serif"><br />Shant Shahrigian: <a href="https://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/nyc-elections-2021/ny-dianne-morales-mayoral-race-empire-state-indivisible-scott-stringer-20210511-3t6comt73rbv5pyfv7rajvrj6q-story.html" target="_blank">Dianne Morales picks up more endorsements in NYC Mayor race </a>(Daily News)<br /><span style="color: black;">Rebecca Lewis: <a href="https://www.cityandstateny.com/articles/politics/campaigns-elections/what-shaun-donovan-knows-about-housing.html" target="_blank">What Shaun Donovan knows about housing (</a>City & State)</span><br />City & State:<a href="https://www.cityandstateny.com/articles/politics/campaigns-elections/former-stringer-staffers-describe-his-demanding-temperament" target="_blank"> "Post-Traumatic Stringer Disorder": Former staffers describe NYC mayoral candidate's demanding ways as boss</a></span></div><div style="color: #222222;"><span face="arial, "helvetica neue", helvetica, sans-serif" style="color: black;">Shant Shahrigian: </span><a href="https://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/nyc-elections-2021/ny-scott-stringer-campaign-organizer-quits-20210516-cmlogajtvvb5zf3lzl4blmg34m-story.html+&cd=1&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us" style="font-family: arial, "helvetica neue", helvetica, sans-serif;" target="_blank">Stringer campaign organizer quits in wake of sexual harassment allegations </a><span face="arial, "helvetica neue", helvetica, sans-serif" style="color: black;">(Daily News)</span><span face="arial, "helvetica neue", helvetica, sans-serif"><br />The City: <a href="https://www.thecity.nyc/2021/5/16/22439168/dianne-morales-water-meter-bribe-probe" target="_blank">NYC mayoral candidate Dianne Morales water-meter bribe probe preceded 2004 departure from big city schools job</a><br />Daily News <a href="https://www.msnbc.com/the-week/watch/ny-assemblymember-ron-kim-calls-on-gov-cuomo-to-do-the-right-thing-and-resign-102221382002" target="_blank">editorial board endorses Kathryn Garcia for NYC mayor<br /></a>Ross Barkan: <a href="https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/?tab=rm&ogbl#inbox/FMfcgxwLttGdXwsshKrtVmZdtSJwmfDw" target="_blank">Kathryn Garcia makes her move</a> (Political Currents)<br />Katie Glueck:<a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/13/nyregion/nyc-mayor-debate.html" target="_blank"> Candidates for NYC mayor clash in first of three official debates</a> (New York Times) New York 1: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e3IRl0ydH2M" target="_blank">Recording of first debate among candidates for NYC mayor </a>(VIDEO)<br />Samar Khurshid: <a href="https://www.gothamgazette.com/city/10472-first-2021-tv-debate-democratic-primary-nyc-mayor" target="_blank">Five key takeaways from first NYC mayoral debate</a> (Gothamist)<br />New York Times: <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/13/nyregion/nyc-mayor-debate-takeaways.html" target="_blank">Five takeaways from first NYC mayoral debate</a><br />Samantha Maldonado: <a href="https://www.thecity.nyc/2021/5/13/22435560/first-nyc-mayoral-debate-takeaways-yang-adams-targeted" target="_blank">First mayoral debate takeaways: Yang & Adams take heat</a> (VIDEO)<br />Julia Marsh: <a href="https://nypost.com/2021/05/13/new-poll-shows-eric-adams-leading-andrew-yang-in-mayoral-pack/" target="_blank">New poll shows Adams leading Yang in NYC mayoral race </a>(New York Post)<br />Samar Khurshid: <a href="https://www.gothamgazette.com/city/10451-eric-adams-labor-union-candidate-endorsements-nyc-mayor-race" target="_blank">Eric Adams looks to labor unions for big boost in NYC mayoral race (</a>Gotham Gazette)<br />Emily Ngo: <a href="https://www.ny1.com/nyc/all-boroughs/local-politics/2021/05/16/maya-wiley-set-to-earn-endorsement-from-rep--hakeem-jeffries" target="_blank">U.S. Rep. Hakeem Jeffries endorses Maya Wiley for NYC mayor</a> (New York 1 News)<br />Harry Siegel: <a href="https://www.nydailynews.com/opinion/ny-oped-nyc-behind-the-eight-ball-20210515-yzkfpajzxjd4fdborj3shyz3wa-story.html+&cd=1&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us" target="_blank">Where the NYC mayoral race is five weeks out</a> (Daily News OpEd)<br /><span style="color: black;">Ross Barkan: <a href="https://www.cityandstateny.com/articles/opinion/commentary/yang-and-adams-benefit-rejecting-defund-police.html" target="_blank">Yang & Adams benefit from rejection of defund the police </a>(City & State)</span><br /><span style="color: black;">Carl Campanile:<a href="https://nypost.com/2021/05/12/teachers-union-backs-corey-johnson-for-comptroller/" target="_blank"> Teachers union endorses Corey Johnson for NYC Comptroller</a> (New York Post)</span><br /><span style="color: black;">Shant Shahrigian: <a href="https://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/nyc-elections-2021/ny-lindsey-boylan-manhattan-borough-president-race-20210516-3pny5s6b6bcepor2xfzans4izu-story.html+&cd=2&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us" target="_blank">Lindsey Boylan enjoying campaign for Manhattan Borough President after bombshell allegations against Cuomo</a> (Daily News)</span><br /><span style="color: black;">Kriston Capps: <a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-05-12/brooklyn-housing-flub-exposes-property-tax-disparity" target="_blank">Can NYC's next Mayor fix the broken property tax system?</a> (CityLab/Bloomberg News)</span><br /><span style="color: black;">Matt Dunbar: <a href="https://www.gothamgazette.com/opinion/10467-homeownership-supply-affordable-housing-new-york-city" target="_blank">Next NYC Mayor should expand home ownership opportunities for low-income New Yorkers </a>(Gotham Gazette OpEd)</span></span></div><div><span face="arial, "helvetica neue", helvetica, sans-serif" style="color: #222222;">Ross Barkan: </span><a href="https://www.villagevoice.com/2021/05/10/andrew-cuomo-and-the-incredible-shrinking-congressional-delegation/" style="font-family: arial, "helvetica neue", helvetica, sans-serif;" target="_blank">Andrew Cuomo is responsible for the loss of one New York State seat in Congress (</a><span face="arial, "helvetica neue", helvetica, sans-serif" style="color: #222222;">Village Voice)</span></div><div><span face="arial, "helvetica neue", helvetica, sans-serif" style="color: #222222;">Daniel Parra: <a href="https://citylimits.org/2021/05/12/14th-city-council-race-has-attracted-big-bucks-and-dueling-endorsements/" target="_blank">Bronx City Council race for open seat attracts big bucks and dueling endorsements </a>(City Limits)</span><br style="font-family: arial, "helvetica neue", helvetica, sans-serif;" /><span face="arial, "helvetica neue", helvetica, sans-serif" style="color: #222222;">Samar Khurshid:<a href="https://www.gothamgazette.com/city/10473-exonerated-council-member-queens-seat-incumbent-adams-will" target="_blank"> Queens City Council Member Adrienne Adams seeks re-election against former rep Ruben Wills whose conviction on corruption charges was overturned</a> (Gotham Gazette)</span><br style="font-family: arial, "helvetica neue", helvetica, sans-serif;" /><span face="arial, "helvetica neue", helvetica, sans-serif" style="color: #222222;">Sydney Kashiwagi: <a href="https://www.cityandstateny.com/articles/politics/campaigns-elections/can-barrons-swap-seats-again-city-council-district-42-east-new" target="_blank">Will Charles and Inez Barron swap seats again? </a>(City & State)</span></div><div><br /></div><div><span face="arial, "helvetica neue", helvetica, sans-serif"><b style="color: #222222;">ETHICS</b><br /><span style="color: black;">Chris Bragg: <a href="https://www.timesunion.com/news/article/Klein-JCOPE-16174000.php" target="_blank">Judge questions Ex-IDC Senator Jeff Klein's lawsuit to bar JCOPE from investigating sexual harassment against him </a>(Albany Times Union)</span><u style="color: #222222;"><span style="color: #0b5394;"><br /></span></u></span></div><div><span face="arial, "helvetica neue", helvetica, sans-serif">Billy Richling:</span><a href="https://bklyner.com/senator-kevin-parker-floods-some-constituents-with-mailers-before-election-deadline/" style="font-family: arial, "helvetica neue", helvetica, sans-serif;" target="_blank"> State Senator Kevin Parker floods his constituents with taxpayer-funded mail before June 22 primary in which he's running for NYC Comptroller</a><span face="arial, "helvetica neue", helvetica, sans-serif"> (Bklyner)</span><span face="arial, "helvetica neue", helvetica, sans-serif"><br /><span style="color: black;">Rebecca Lewis:<a href="https://www.cityandstateny.com/articles/politics/new-york-state/cuomo-contradicts-his-own-harassment-law.html" target="_blank"> Contradicting the law he signed, Gov. Andrew Cuomo declares that making someone "feel uncomfortable" is not sexual harassment </a>(City & State)</span><br /><a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://tenantspac.us5.list-manage.com/track/click?u%3D267dceb18ad52e3c164369687%26id%3D1999274952%26e%3D65a44832a4&source=gmail&ust=1621361604810000&usg=AFQjCNE0NVeW8kRYl5N6MFW2fkhDJX5Kig" href="https://tenantspac.us5.list-manage.com/track/click?u=267dceb18ad52e3c164369687&id=1999274952&e=65a44832a4" style="color: #007c89;" target="_blank">Luis Ferré-Sadurní</a><span style="color: #222222;">: <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/15/nyregion/cuomo-sexual-harassment-investigation.html" target="_blank">Cuomo accusers are subpoenaed as state inquiry enters a critical phase (</a>New York Times)</span><br /><span style="color: black;">Karen Hinton: <a href="https://www.nydailynews.com/opinion/ny-oped-the-andrew-cuomo-ive-known-20210517-2dllbv4oyjdipn3ydz2apxayq4-story.html+&cd=1&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us" target="_blank">The Andrew Cuomo I have known: A long pattern of harassing staffers, especially women</a> (Daily News guest essay)</span><br /><span style="color: black;">Joshua Johnson: <a href="https://www.msnbc.com/the-week/watch/ny-assemblymember-ron-kim-calls-on-gov-cuomo-to-do-the-right-thing-and-resign-102221382002" target="_blank">Assembly Member Ron Kim calls on Cuomo to do the right thing and resign</a> (MSNBC-TV) (VIDEO)</span><br /><span style="color: black;">Chris Churchill: <a href="https://www.timesunion.com/news/article/Churchill-Donald-and-Andrew-peas-in-the-same-pod-16170922.php" target="_blank">Donald and Andrew, two peas in a pod: Cuomo's reaction to Tish James investigation into sexual harassment allegations echoes Trump</a> (Albany Times Union)</span><br /><br />By Michael McKee of Tenants PAC</span></div><div><span face="arial, "helvetica neue", helvetica, sans-serif">(c) TenantsPAC 2021<br /><br /><br /><br /></span><br /><span style="color: #222222;"> </span></div></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1071919213630591924.post-14926799793187365632021-04-27T01:20:00.009-04:002021-04-27T01:20:51.605-04:00McKee's Media - April 26, 2021<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmExjAp0xrWzR6jbd270r10UJpI_ZD8xtkVs-l2hAs9E0jmgr1cirogz4LXxv6J596Agy7TjlDZtElMfCdIGOXm21qNvv0IGeu5ta9MoqKNT3yR7nsTJobOTjNeuc-pGdwiTUFqtw6SxyI/s210/Tenants+PAC+logo.gif" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="105" data-original-width="210" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmExjAp0xrWzR6jbd270r10UJpI_ZD8xtkVs-l2hAs9E0jmgr1cirogz4LXxv6J596Agy7TjlDZtElMfCdIGOXm21qNvv0IGeu5ta9MoqKNT3yR7nsTJobOTjNeuc-pGdwiTUFqtw6SxyI/s0/Tenants+PAC+logo.gif" /></a></div><br /><p></p><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="background-color: #fafafa; border-collapse: collapse; border: 0px; color: black; font-family: Roboto, RobotoDraft, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: small; max-width: 600px !important; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td id="m_-6546900723558532771m_-653775254629937168templateBody" style="background: none center center / cover no-repeat rgb(255, 255, 255); border-bottom: 2px solid rgb(234, 234, 234); border-top: 0px; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 9px; padding-top: 0px;" valign="top"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td style="margin: 0px; padding-top: 9px;" valign="top"><table align="left" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; max-width: 100%; min-width: 100%; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td style="color: #222222; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 18px 9px; word-break: break-word;" valign="top"><span style="font-size: medium;">ARTICLES OF INTEREST TO TENANT ADVOCATES<br /></span>(excerpted)<br /><br /><b>Extension of eviction moratorium?</b><br />David Cruz:<a href="https://gothamist.com/news/lawmakers-look-extend-eviction-moratorium-august-31st-new-yorkers-affected-pandemic" target="_blank"> Albany lawmakers introduce bill to extend moratorium on evictions through August 31 (Gothamist)</a><br /><br /><b>NYS Tenant Protections v. Landlords</b><br />Tom McParland: <a href="https://www.law.com/newyorklawjournal/2021/04/19/ag-james-office-seeks-to-uphold-rent-stabilization-laws-in-landlords-2nd-circuit-appeal/" target="_blank">Attorney General Tish James defends NYS rent laws in federal court as landlords appeal judge's dismissal of their case (New York Law Journal)</a><br /><span style="color: black;">Steven Wishnia: <a href="https://thetenant.org/harassed-south-bronx-tenants-picket-landlords-brooklyn-home/" target="_blank">Harassed South Bronx tenants picket landlord's Brooklyn home</a> (Tenant/Inquilino)</span><br /><span style="color: black;">Noy Messinger: <a href="https://thetenant.org/barberry-rose-tenants-unleash-rage-on-citys-second-worst-landlord/" target="_blank">Barberry Rose tenants unleash rage on NYC's "second-worst landlord"</a> (Tenant/Inquilino)<br /></span>Fredrik Deboer:<a href="https://thetenant.org/follow-the-damn-law-lawsuit-targets-landlords-illegally-refusing-vouchers/" target="_blank"> "Follow the damn law": Lawsuit targets NYC landlords illegally refusing vouchers </a><span style="color: black;">(Tenant/Inquilino)<br /></span>Ralph Ortega: <a href="https://www.cityandstateny.com/articles/personality/interviews-profiles/how-fight-stuytown-and-peter-cooper-village-was-won.html" target="_blank">Interview with former NYC Council Member Dan Garodnick about his new book on the fight to keep Stuyvesant Town and Peter Cooper Village affordable </a>(City & State)<br /><br /><b>"Good Cause" eviction bill</b><br />Michael DeMasi: <a href="https://www.bizjournals.com/albany/news/2021/04/23/realtors-getting-ready-fight-good-cause-albany.html" target="_blank">Statewide realtors group lobbying Albany Common Council against Mayor Sheehan's proposed good cause eviction bill (Albany Business Review)</a><br /><span style="color: #0b5394;"><u><br /></u></span><span style="color: black;"><b>Turning Hotels into Affordable Housing</b><br />Rebecca Lewis: <a href="https://www.cityandstateny.com/articles/politics/new-york-state/how-will-new-york-convert-unused-buildings-housing.html" target="_blank">Albany lawmakers negotiating bill for conversion of unused hotels and old office buildings into affordable housing</a> (City & State)<br /></span><br /><b>Affordable housing still needed despite rent drops</b><br />Kriston Capps: <a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-04-20/after-nyc-exodus-affordable-housing-options-bloom+&cd=1&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us" target="_blank">After NYC exodus, number of apartments affordable to Section 8 voucher holders surged</a> (Bloomberg CityLab)<br /><span style="color: black;">Cordilia James:<a href="https://therealdeal.com/2021/04/08/brooklyn-manhattan-rental-markets-beginning-to-pivot/" target="_blank"> Brooklyn, Manhattan rental markets are on the upswing (</a>The Real Deal)</span><br /><span style="color: black;">Matt Troutman: <a href="https://patch.com/new-york/new-york-city/rents-1-bedrooms-drop-near-most-nyc-subway-stops-study" target="_blank">Asking rents for 1-bedroom apartments drop the most near NYC subway stops</a> (Patch)</span><br /><span style="color: black;">Jake Offenhartz: <a href="https://gothamist.com/news/nyc-starting-bounce-back-will-rent-prices-follow" target="_blank">NYC asking rents on vacant apartments keep falling. How long will it last?</a> (Gothamist)</span><br /><br /><b>Tenants' right to sue out-of-state landlords in Small Claims Court<br />(no lawyer required)</b><br /><span style="color: black;"><a href="https://www.nysenate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/brad-hoylman/ny-senate-passes-hoylman-bill-let-tenants-bring-claims-against" target="_blank">NYS Senate passes Hoylman-Gottfried bill to allow tenants to bring claims against out-of-state landlords in small claims court</a></span><br /><br /><b>Right to Counsel - even upstate</b><br /><span style="color: black;">David Lombardo: <a href="http://www.wcny.org/upstate-lawmakers-secure-massive-increase-in-civil-legal-services-funding/" target="_blank">Upstate lawmakers secured massive increase in civil legal services funding (</a>Capitol Pressroom) (AUDIO)<br /><br /><b>Mayoral Candidates and Housing<br /></b></span><span style="color: black;">Fredrik Deboer: <a href="https://thetenant.org/mayoral-candidates-all-call-themselves-pro-tenant/" target="_blank">All NYC mayoral candidates call themselves pro-tenant at forum </a>(Tenant/Inquilino)</span><br />Fredrik Deboer: <a href="https://thetenant.org/todos-los-candidatos-a-la-alcaldia-se-llaman-partidarios-de-los-inquilinos/" target="_blank">Todos los candidatos a la alcaldía se llamen 'partidarios de los inquilinos' (</a>Tenant/Inquilino)<br /><span style="color: black;">Janaki Chadha: <a href="https://www.politico.com/states/new-york/city-hall/story/2021/04/20/morales-distances-herself-from-former-employer-amid-pressure-from-housing-groups-1376305" target="_blank">Morales distances herself from former employer amid pressure from housing groups </a>(Politico NY)<br /></span>Jarrett Murphy:<a href="https://citylimits.org/2021/04/20/hes-a-bit-of-an-enigma-what-eric-adams-development-record-housing-plan-tell-us/" target="_blank"> "He's a bit of an enigma": What Eric Adams' development record & housing plan tell us</a><span style="color: black;"> (City Limits)<br /><br /><b>Zoning<br /></b></span>Kathy Wakeham: SoHo/NoHo upzoning: <a href="https://thetenant.org/soho-noho-upzoning-another-rezoning-for-displacement/" target="_blank">Another rezoning for displacement</a> (Tenant/Inquilino)<br />Kathryn Brenzel: <a href="https://therealdeal.com/2021/04/19/gowanus-rezoning-gets-green-light/" target="_blank">Judge lifts restraining order, allows Gowanus rezoning proposal to move forward </a>(The Real Deal)<br /><br /><b>Census means NY to lose 1 Congressional Rep</b><br /><span style="color: black;">Ally Mutnick: <a href="https://www.politico.com/news/2021/04/23/redistricting-cycle-begin-484510" target="_blank">Census Bureau to release first data from 2020 census, triggering redistricting cycle</a> (Politico)</span></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table> <br /><br /><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td style="margin: 0px; padding-top: 9px;" valign="top"><table align="left" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; max-width: 100%; min-width: 100%; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td style="color: #222222; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 18px 9px; word-break: break-word;" valign="top"><b>Ethics<br /></b>Nick Reisman:<a href="https://nystateofpolitics.com/state-of-politics/new-york/ny-state-of-politics/2021/04/19/comptroller-dinapoli-requests-ag-james-investigate-cuomo-s-book-deal" target="_blank"> State Comptroller Tom DiNapoli asks A.G. Letitia James to investigate Cuomo's book deal </a>(NY State of Politics)<br />Jesse McKinley on<a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/19/nyregion/andrew-cuomo-book-investigation.html" target="_blank"> A.G. investigation into Cuomo's book deal (</a>New York Times)<br /><span style="color: black;">Nick Reisman: <a href="https://nystateofpolitics.com/state-of-politics/new-york/ny-state-of-politics/2021/04/19/cuomo-s-book-fee-will-be-in-disclosed-tax-returns--he-says" target="_blank">Cuomo refuses to reveal how much he earned from book deal</a> (NY State of Politics)</span><br />Chris Churchill: <a href="https://www.timesunion.com/news/article/Churchill-And-now-Cuomo-is-already-attacking-16118685.php" target="_blank">Andrew Cuomo's history of opportunism and lying</a> (Albany Times Union OpEd) (MUST READING: Churchill nails Andrew)<br />Dan Clark: <a href="https://nynow.wmht.org/blogs/politics/legislation-to-replace-nys-public-ethics-agencies-could-move-this-year-sponsor-says/" target="_blank">Liz Krueger says there is appetite for an ethics overhaul in Albany, possibly this year </a><span style="color: black;">(WMHT New York Now)<br /></span>Brooklyn Daily Eagle: <a href="https://brooklyneagle.com/articles/2021/04/22/southern-brooklyn-councilmember-deutsch-pleads-guilty-to-tax-fraud/" target="_blank">Brooklyn Council Member Chaim Deutsch pleads guilty to tax fraud</a><br /><br /><b>State Budget <br /></b>David Brand:<a href="https://queenseagle.com/all/older-ny-judges-cut-from-the-bench-can-come-back-court-leaders-say" target="_blank"> State budget restoration to court system will make it possible for older judges who were cut to return to their position</a><span style="color: black;">s (Queens Daily Eagle)</span><br />Empire Report: <a href="https://empirereportnewyork.com/governor-cuomo-vetoes-36-legislative-additions-to-the-fy-2022-enacted-budget/" target="_blank">Cuomo vetoes 36 legislative additions to the FY 2022 state budget</a><br /><br /><b>Other state issues</b><br /><span style="color: black;">Nick Reisman: <a href="https://nystateofpolitics.com/state-of-politics/new-york/ny-state-of-politics/2021/04/20/single-payer-health-care-measure-advances" target="_blank">Single-payer health care bill advances in state legislature</a> (NY State of Politics)</span><br /><span style="color: black;">Denis Slattery: <a href="https://www.nydailynews.com/coronavirus/ny-covid-workplace-protections-hero-act-gianaris-20210420-gk2mg6hry5au5kgsgggrv3hyzy-story.html" target="_blank">Albany lawmakers approve HERO Act, new COVID-inspired workplace protections</a> (Daily News)</span><br /><br /><b>Albany and the Police</b><br /><span style="color: black;">WNBC-TV: <a href="https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/ny-pols-want-to-bar-departments-from-hiring-cops-with-history-of-misconduct/3017695/" target="_blank">NY pols want to bar police departments from hiring "wandering officers" with history of misconduc</a>t (VIDEO)</span><br />New York Times: <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/23/nyregion/police-mayor-floyd-nyc.html" target="_blank">Here's what NYC mayoral candidates would do about the police</a><br /></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td style="margin: 0px; padding-top: 9px;" valign="top"><table align="left" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; max-width: 100%; min-width: 100%; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td style="color: #222222; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 18px 9px; word-break: break-word;" valign="top"><div><br /><b>OTHER STATES</b><br /><span style="color: black;">Irina Ivanova: Memphis tenants face eviction as courts strike down CDC eviction moratorium (CBS News) (VIDEO)</span><br /><span style="color: #0b5394;"><u><a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://tenantspac.us5.list-manage.com/track/click?u%3D267dceb18ad52e3c164369687%26id%3De5da7fc123%26e%3Dd05ba5b113&source=gmail&ust=1619584967144000&usg=AFQjCNFv3028BEDAXo3BLPykk4cYHFKgCQ" href="https://tenantspac.us5.list-manage.com/track/click?u=267dceb18ad52e3c164369687&id=e5da7fc123&e=d05ba5b113" style="color: #007c89;" target="_blank">https://www.cbsnews.com/news/<wbr></wbr>eviction-memphis-crisis-court-<wbr></wbr>cdc-ban/</a></u></span><br /><br /><span style="color: black;">Jeremy Finley: Nashville landlords accused of illegal evictions (WSMV) (VIDEO)</span><br /><span style="color: #0b5394;"><u><a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://tenantspac.us5.list-manage.com/track/click?u%3D267dceb18ad52e3c164369687%26id%3D2acb921544%26e%3Dd05ba5b113&source=gmail&ust=1619584967144000&usg=AFQjCNHw3mb8iLHckGHZpq6x_cZ9HvGxoA" href="https://tenantspac.us5.list-manage.com/track/click?u=267dceb18ad52e3c164369687&id=2acb921544&e=d05ba5b113" style="color: #007c89;" target="_blank">https://www.wsmv.com/news/<wbr></wbr>investigations/legal-aid-<wbr></wbr>reports-cases-of-landlords-<wbr></wbr>using-illegal-tactics-to-<wbr></wbr>remove-tenants/article_<wbr></wbr>1e2e6d9e-a3bc-11eb-9001-<wbr></wbr>e7cb0f57a155.html</a></u></span><br /><br />CNN: Federal judge orders Los Angeles to offer all homeless people on Skid Row in housing by October 18 (VIDEO)<br /><span style="color: #0b5394;"><u><a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://tenantspac.us5.list-manage.com/track/click?u%3D267dceb18ad52e3c164369687%26id%3Dc71a373ae4%26e%3Dd05ba5b113&source=gmail&ust=1619584967144000&usg=AFQjCNGzQFYoCWijX6g4c_U1gQwipglZww" href="https://tenantspac.us5.list-manage.com/track/click?u=267dceb18ad52e3c164369687&id=c71a373ae4&e=d05ba5b113" style="color: #007c89;" target="_blank">https://www.cnn.com/2021/04/<wbr></wbr>21/us/los-angeles-skid-row-<wbr></wbr>housing-order/index.html</a></u></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; 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font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 18px 9px; word-break: break-word;" valign="top"><span style="font-size: medium;"><strong><span class="il">ARTICLES</span> <span class="il">OF</span> <span class="il">INTEREST</span> TO TENANT ADVOCATES</strong></span><br /><br />The Real Deal:<a href="https://therealdeal.com/2021/03/29/cdc-extends-national-eviction-ban-through-june/" target="_blank"> CDC extends national eviction moratorium through June</a><span style="color: black;"> (Because NYS has its own moratorium, the CDC moratorium will apply to us only </span><i style="color: black;">after </i><span style="color: black;">our moratorium ends on May 1, 2021.</span><u style="color: black;">)<br /></u><br /><span style="color: black;">Don McIntosh: <a href="https://portside.org/2021-03-27/talking-socialism-catching-aoc" target="_blank">Interview with Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez </a>(Democratic Left/Portside) <br /></span><b><br />ALBANY AND THE BUDGET</b><br />Milton Perez: <a href="https://www.gothamgazette.com/opinion/10323-state-budget-cuomo-legislature-homeless-housing-plans-funding" target="_blank">A message for Andrea Stewart-Cousins & Carl Heastie: Stand up to Andrew Cuomo & finally house homeless New Yorkers like me</a> (Gotham Gazette OpEd)<br />Jimmy Vielkind: <a href="https://www.wsj.com/articles/new-york-lawmakers-weigh-raising-taxes-as-budget-deadline-looms-11617057709" target="_blank">Democratic lawmakers & advocates push higher taxes on affluent as budget deadline looms </a>(Wall Street Journal)<br />Adolfo Abreu & Samelys Lopez: <a href="https://riverdalepress.com/stories/best-way-to-defend-the-bronx-start-by-taxing-the-super-rich,73845" target="_blank">Best way to defend the Bronx? Start with taxing the super-rich</a> (Riverdale Press OpEd)<br />Denis Slattery: <a href="https://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/new-york-elections-government/ny-cuomo-campaign-contributions-wealth-tax-20210330-ngrop5va5bgirolfr52muo6d3m-story.html" target="_blank">Cuomo's campaign gets $568K from billionaires while opposing wealth tax </a>(Daily News)<br />Public Accountability Initiative: <a href="https://public-accountability.org/report/number-of-new-york-state-millionaires-grew-rapidly-after-millionaires-tax-increase/" target="_blank">Number <span class="il">of</span> NYS millionaires grew rapidly after 2009 millionaires tax increase</a><br /><span style="color: black;">Tom Precious: <a href="https://buffalonews.com/news/state-and-regional/an-on-time-state-budget-its-a-long-shot-bet/article_8be380fc-90b8-11eb-a609-ff5fa918609c.html" target="_blank">State budget will be late </a>(Buffalo News)</span><span style="color: #0b5394;"><u><br /></u></span></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: black; font-family: Roboto, RobotoDraft, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: small; min-width: 100%; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td style="margin: 0px; padding-top: 9px;" valign="top"><table align="left" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="m_7532760676803682497mcnTextContentContainer" style="border-collapse: collapse; max-width: 100%; min-width: 100%; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td class="m_7532760676803682497mcnTextContent" style="color: #222222; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 18px 9px; word-break: break-word;" valign="top"><span><a name='more'></a></span>New York Post:<a href="https://nypost.com/2021/03/26/jumaane-williams-black-activists-rip-cuomo-for-harming-black-communities/" target="_blank"> Jumaane Williams, activists rip Andrew Cuomo for harming Black communities</a><br />Amy Goodman: <a href="https://www.democracynow.org/2021/3/26/evanston_illinois_reparations_black_residents" target="_blank">Evanston, Illinois to pay reparations to Black families harmed by decades <span class="il">of</span> racist housing policies </a>(Democracy Now!) (VIDEO)<br /><br />Nolan Hicks:<a href="https://nypost.com/2021/03/26/nyc-suspends-housing-inspector-after-racist-trope-mailed-to-asian-man/" target="_blank"> NYS suspends housing inspector after he mails racist slur to Vietnamese tenant </a>(New York Post) <br /><br /><b>NYC MAYORAL ELECTION</b><br />New York Times: <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/29/nyregion/mayor-race-nyc.html" target="_blank">Five takeaways from NYC mayoral race</a><br />Natalie Wallington: <a href="https://www.cityandstateny.com/articles/policy/budget/nyc-mayoral-contenders-propose-direct-cash-assistance.html" target="_blank">NYC mayoral candidates lay out proposals for direct cash assistance to low-income residents (</a>City & State)<br />Samar Khurshid: <a href="https://www.gothamgazette.com/city/10314-trouble-scott-stringer-2021-mayoral-campaign-yang-adams" target="_blank">How much trouble is Scott Stringer's mayoral campaign in? </a>(Gotham Gazette)<br />Allison Smith: <a href="https://www.gothamgazette.com/city/10321-democratic-mayoral-candidates-new-york-city-waterfront-waterways-climate-change-resiliency" target="_blank">Democratic mayoral candidates outline plans for NYC waterfront & waterways </a>(Gotham Gazette)<br />Grace Getman:<a href="https://www.gothamgazette.com/city/10320-democratic-mayoral-candidates-future-nyc-transportation" target="_blank"> Democratic mayoral candidates discuss future <span class="il">of</span> transportation in NYC</a> (Gotham Gazette)<br />The City: <a href="https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/?tab=rm&ogbl#inbox/FMfcgxwLtGqFfQDFTVnHTsQGqdkDBfMP" target="_blank">How to tell if big money Super PACs are spending dark money to influence an election</a><br /><br /><a href="https://www.brickunderground.com/rent/how-to-find-inexpensive-cheap-nyc-rental-best-advice-basement-lottery-deal-negotiate-lease" target="_blank">Emily Myers: How to find an inexpensive apartment in NYC (</a>Brick Underground)<br /><br />Amy Plitt: <a href="https://therealdeal.com/2021/03/29/manhattans-sales-rental-markets-hit-new-highs-last-week/" target="_blank">Real estate sales & rentals surge in Manhattan </a>(The Real Deal)<br /><br /><span style="color: #0b5394;"><u><br /><br /></u></span><em style="background-color: #fafafa; 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color: black; font-family: Roboto, RobotoDraft, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: small; min-width: 100%; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td style="margin: 0px; padding-top: 9px;" valign="top"><table align="left" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; max-width: 100%; min-width: 100%; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td style="color: #222222; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 18px 9px; word-break: break-word;" valign="top"><b>GOVERNMENT AID FOR LANDLORDS/TENANTS<br /></b>Katherine Fung: <a href="https://gothamist.com/news/nys-second-round-rent-relief-only-distributes-7-million-60-million-available" target="_blank">Second round of NYS rent relief only distributes $7 million of $60 million available </a><span style="color: black;">(Gothamist)</span><b><br /></b><span style="color: black;">Will Parker: <a href="https://www.wsj.com/articles/why-some-landlords-dont-want-any-of-the-50-billion-in-rent-assistance-11616155203" target="_blank">Some landlords don't want any of the $50 billion in rent assistance approved by Congress, say it comes with too many conditions</a> (Wall Street Journal) (AUDIO)</span><br /><span style="color: black;">Georgia Kromrei: <a href="https://therealdeal.com/2021/03/19/landlords-shun-federal-rent-relief-over-program-requirements/" target="_blank">Some landlords shun federal rent relief over program requirements</a> (The Real Deal)<br /></span><span style="color: black;">Josh Cohen: <a href="https://shelterforce.org/2021/03/19/hud-has-money-for-tenant-organizing-why-isnt-the-agency-spending-it/" target="_blank">HUD has $10 million per year for tenant organizing. Why won't the agency spend it?</a> (Shelterforce)<br /></span><br />The Real Deal: <a href="https://therealdeal.com/2021/03/18/abhorrent-but-not-surprising-rental-industry-reacts-to-section-8-fiasco/" target="_blank">Real estate reps react to revelation that many brokers illegally reject tenants with Section 8 vouchers</a><br /><br /><b>DOES RENT REGULATION WORK?</b><br />Shane Phillips: <a href="https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2021/03/why-its-better-to-rent-than-to-own/618254/" target="_blank">Renting is terrible. Owning is worse. A third option is needed</a><span style="color: black;"> (The Atlantic)<br /></span>Miriam Axel-Lute: <a href="https://shelterforce.org/2021/03/17/now-and-then-rent-control-rental-assistance-and-universal-vouchers/" target="_blank">Shelterforce weighs progress on rent control & rental assistance over the last few decades</a><span style="color: black;"><br /><br /><b>CHUTZPAH. CROMAN NEEDS MORE TIME TO PAY FINE:<br /></b>Vacancies <u>he</u> caused means not enough tenants to pay rent, so his income dropped. <br /></span>Kathryn Brenzel: <a href="https://therealdeal.com/2021/03/19/croman-gets-until-2023-to-pay-final-2m-in-tenant-restitution/" target="_blank">Judge gives Steve Croman an extension of deadline for final $2 million payment in tenant restitution </a><span style="color: black;">(The Real Deal)<br /></span><br /><b>BAN NO-CAUSE EVICTIONS AND RENT HIKES for 5 YEARS!</b><br /><span style="color: black;">Kathryn Brenzel: <a href="https://therealdeal.com/2021/03/22/housing-advocates-pressure-lawmakers-to-ban-no-cause-evictions-rent-increases/" target="_blank">Housing advocates pressure Albany to ban no cause evictions & rent hikes for five years </a>(The Real Deal)<br /></span><br /><b>HOMELESSNESS (Lucerne Hotel)</b><br /><span style="color: black;">Jake Offenhartz: <a href="https://gothamist.com/news/uws-shelter-opponents-accused-stalking-homeless-activist-lucerne-battle-drags" target="_blank">As dispute over Upper West Side hotel continues, NIMBY attorney Randy Mastro hires detectives to spy on homeless activist</a> (Gothamist)</span><br /><br /><b>PREDATORY EQUITY</b><br /><span style="color: black;">Bloomberg: <a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-03-19/house-flipping-is-suddenly-a-hot-market-for-america-s-lenders" target="_blank">House-flipping investors are throwing cash at a red-hot U.S. housing market</a></span><br /><br /><b>NYS BUDGET and TAX THE RICH</b><br />Daily News: <a href="https://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/ny-march-rally-cuomo-boylan-20210320-mhpcv74shrbxfg5anzapd6urcm-story.html" target="_blank">Hundreds march on Heastie's Manhattan office, demand he impeach Cuomo & tax the rich</a><br /><span style="color: black;">WSYR: <a href="https://www.localsyr.com/news/local-news/invest-in-our-new-york-demonstration-took-place-in-syracuse-saturday/" target="_blank">Syracuse activists rally for Invest in Our New York Act (</a>VIDEO)<span><a name='more'></a></span></span><br /><span style="color: black;">Rebecca Lewis: <a href="https://www.cityandstateny.com/articles/politics/weeks-headlines/cuomo-investigations-move-forward-and-one-house-budgets-approved" target="_blank">Cuomo probes move forward as senate & assembly pass "one-house" budget bills with $8.2 billion in new taxes </a>(City & State)</span><br />Nick Reisman: <a href="https://nystateofpolitics.com/state-of-politics/new-york/ny-state-of-politics/2021/03/23/stewart-cousins--budget-should-be-about-equity-" target="_blank">Andrea Stewart-Cousins pushes back against Cuomo, says budget should be about equity</a><span style="color: black;"> (NY State of Politics)<br /></span><span style="color: black;">Nick Reisman:<a href="https://nystateofpolitics.com/state-of-politics/new-york/ny-state-of-politics/2021/03/23/how-the-pandemic-changed-the-tax-the-rich-debate" target="_blank"> How the pandemic changed the tax-the-rich debate in New York</a> (NY State of Politics)</span><br />Carl Campanile: <a href="https://nypost.com/2021/03/20/dem-socialist-pols-demand-heastie-double-ny-tax-hikes-to-14b/" target="_blank">DSA Assembly Members demand Heastie double tax hikes to $14 billion</a><span style="color: black;"> (New York Post)</span> <br />Paul Buchheit: <a href="https://www.nationofchange.org/2021/03/23/the-boundless-advantages-of-the-welfare-state-for-the-rich/" target="_blank">The boundless advantages of the welfare state -- for the rich</a> (Nation of Change)<span style="color: black;"><br /></span><span style="color: black;">Joseph Spector: <a href="https://www.eveningtribune.com/story/news/politics/2021/03/23/new-york-raises-taxes-rich/6962846002/" target="_blank">Cuomo says there's no need to raise taxes on rich New Yorkers</a> (Hornell Evening Tribune)<br /></span>Nick Reisman: <a href="https://nystateofpolitics.com/state-of-politics/new-york/ny-state-of-politics/2021/03/22/cuomo---significant--tax-hikes-not-needed-for-budget" target="_blank">Cuomo says there is no need to raise taxes on the rich </a><span style="color: black;">(NY State of Politics)</span><br /><span style="color: black;">New York Post:<a href="https://nypost.com/2021/03/22/cuomo-no-need-to-slash-spending-raise-taxes-in-state-budget/" target="_blank"> Cuomo suddenly finds $5 billion in unexpected revenue, says no need for tax hikes</a></span><br /><span style="color: black;">Jimmy Vielkind: <a href="https://www.wsj.com/articles/new-york-business-leaders-urge-state-lawmakers-to-not-raise-taxes-11616493600" target="_blank">250 business leaders urge state lawmakers not to raise taxes (Wall Street Journal) </a>(AUDIO)<br /></span><span style="color: black;">Nick Reisman:<a href="https://nystateofpolitics.com/state-of-politics/new-york/ny-state-of-politics/2021/03/22/progressive-groups--billionaires-gained-ground-in-2020" target="_blank"> Report finds New York billionaires gained $156 billion in wealth over last 12 months (</a>NY State of Politics)</span><br /><span style="color: black;">Richard Rubin: <a href="https://www.wsj.com/articles/high-income-tax-avoidance-far-larger-than-thought-new-paper-estimates-11616364001" target="_blank">Tax avoidance by high income earners is much larger than IRS estimated</a> (Wall Street Journal) (AUDIO)</span><br /><span style="color: black;">New York Times editorial: <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/20/opinion/sunday/unpaid-tax-evasion-IRS.html" target="_blank">How to collect $1.4 trillion in unpaid taxes</a></span><br /><br /><b>MIKE McKEE's GOT PEOPLE POWER! </b>City & State: <a href="https://www.cityandstateny.com/articles/power-list/power-100/2021-real-estate-power-100.html" target="_blank">The 2021 Real Estate Power 100</a><br /><br /><span style="color: black;"><b>TENANT WINS AND LOSSES</b><br />Orion Jones: <a href="https://therealdeal.com/2021/03/19/rockland-county-village-rolls-back-discriminatory-zoning/" target="_blank">Rockland County village rolls back discriminatory zoning against Orthodox Jews (</a>The Real Deal)</span><br /><span style="color: black;">Ben Weiss: <a href="https://greenpointers.com/2021/03/22/greenpoint-tenants-fear-eviction-after-7-year-court-case-with-landlord/" target="_blank">Greenpoint tenants fear eviction after 7-year court case with landlord</a> (Greenpointers)</span><br /><span style="color: black;">Albany Times Union: <a href="https://www.timesunion.com/news/article/Judge-rules-in-favor-of-Troy-landlord-16040975.php" target="_blank">Judge rules in favor of Troy landlord, finding he did not illegally evict tenant</a></span><br />The Real Deal:<a href="https://therealdeal.com/2021/03/23/lawsuit-accusing-vincent-viola-of-violating-rent-laws-can-proceed/" target="_blank"> Judge rules lawsuit against Vincent Viola charging him with illegal deregulation in Brooklyn building can proceed</a><br />Kelly Ann Cosentino: <a href="https://www.columbiaspectator.com/news/2021/03/23/looking-back-on-morningside-heights-history-how-marie-runyon-became-a-tenant-crusader-and-fierce-progressive-advocate/" target="_blank">Remembering Marie Runyon, tenants' rights crusader and progressive icon</a><span style="color: black;"> (Columbia Spectator)</span><br /><br /><b>GOV. CUOMO'S TROUBLES</b><br />New York Times: <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/19/nyregion/cuomo-nursing-homes-covid.html" target="_blank">FBI investigating whether Cuomo aides gave false nursing home data <br clear="all" /></a><span style="color: black;">CNN: <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2021/03/20/politics/cuomo-investigations-joon-kim-anne-clark/index.html" target="_blank">Investigations into Cuomo heat up as new controversies arise in their wake</a></span><a href="https://www.cnn.com/2021/03/20/politics/cuomo-investigations-joon-kim-anne-clark/index.html" target="_blank"><br /></a><span style="color: black;">Albany Times Union editorial: <a href="https://www.timesunion.com/opinion/article/Editorial-Too-close-for-comfort-16042584.php+&cd=1&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us" target="_blank">Assembly choice of law firm with ties to Andrew Cuomo to investigate him is too close for comfort</a><br /></span><span style="color: black;">Tom Precious: <a href="https://buffalonews.com/news/state-and-regional/govt-and-politics/meet-the-man-who-will-run-new-york-assemblys-impeachment-investigation-of-cuomo/article_0062c6d2-8811-11eb-add8-93ee7424df72.html" target="_blank">Meet Charles Lavine, the Assembly Member who will run the impeachment inquiry into Andrew Cuomo </a>(Buffalo News)</span><br /><span style="color: black;">New York Post:<a href="https://nypost.com/2021/03/23/committee-holds-impeachment-probe-meeting-into-cuomo-allegations/" target="_blank"> Assembly Judiciary Committee chair Charles Lavine says probe into Cuomo's behavior will take months</a></span><br /><span style="color: black;">New York Post:<a href="https://nypost.com/2021/03/23/accuser-ana-liss-wont-cooperate-with-cuomo-impeachment-probe/" target="_blank"> Ana Liss becomes second Cuomo accuser who says she will not cooperate with Assembly investigation</a></span><br /><span style="color: black;">Jimmy Vielkind: <a href="https://www.wsj.com/articles/how-new-york-gov-andrew-cuomo-is-fighting-for-political-survival-11616367600" target="_blank">How Andrew Cuomo is fighting for political survival </a>(Wall Street Journal) (AUDIO)</span><br /><span style="color: black;">Morgan McKay: <a href="https://nystateofpolitics.com/state-of-politics/new-york/politics/2021/03/23/charlotte-bennett-s-attorney-gives-update-on-cuomo-investigations" target="_blank">Attorney for Cuomo accuser says investigation by governor's office into his behavior is rigged, asks Attorney General Tish James to issue statement</a> (Capital Tonight) (VIDEO)</span><br /><span style="color: black;">Brendan Lyons: <a href="https://www.timesunion.com/news/article/Accuser-s-attorney-says-Letitia-James-should-16043617.php+&cd=1&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us" target="_blank">Attorney for Cuomo accuser says AG Tish James should condemn Cuomo's "shadow investigation" </a>(Albany Times Union)</span><br /><span style="color: black;">Zack Fink: <a href="https://spectrumlocalnews.com/nys/central-ny/politics/2021/03/22/could-assembly-speaker-carl-heastie-be-governor-andrew-cuomo-s-lifeline-" target="_blank">Could Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie be Andrew Cuomo's lifeline? </a>(New York 1 News)</span><br /><span style="color: black;">Stanley Fritz: <a href="https://sfritz86.medium.com/maybe-were-the-problem-1c9987390f31" target="_blank">Men have a responsibility to take action against sexual harassment of women </a>(Medium)<br /></span>Johnathon Croyle: 1913: <a href="https://www.syracuse.com/state/2021/03/1913-the-downfall-of-william-sulzer-new-yorks-first-impeached-governor.html+&cd=1&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us" target="_blank">The downfall of William Sulzer, New York's first impeached governor </a><span style="color: black;">(Syracuse Post-Standard)</span></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: black; font-family: Roboto, RobotoDraft, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: small; min-width: 100%; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td style="margin: 0px; padding-top: 9px;" valign="top"><table align="left" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; max-width: 100%; min-width: 100%; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td style="color: #222222; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 18px 9px; word-break: break-word;" valign="top"><span style="color: black;">New York Post: <a href="https://nypost.com/2021/03/20/lindsey-boylan-leads-nyc-cuomo-impeachment-rally-as-fans-gather-in-support/" target="_blank">Cuomo accuser speaks at impeachment rally as Cuomosexuals gather to support him </a>(VIDEO)</span><br /><br /><b>TOM REED (GOP) WON'T RUN FOR GOV.</b><br /><span style="color: black;">Jaclyn Diaz: <a href="https://www.npr.org/2021/03/22/979875304/gop-rep-tom-reed-wont-seek-elected-office-following-sexual-misconduct-claims" target="_blank">U.S. Rep. Tom Reed of New York announces he will not run for re-election following sexual abuse accusations </a>(NPR)</span><br /><span style="color: black;">Nick Reisman: <a href="https://spectrumlocalnews.com/nys/central-ny/ny-state-of-politics/2021/03/22/tom-reed-s-decision-will-have-political-implications-" target="_blank">Tom Reed's withdrawal will have political implications for next year's reapportionment fight</a> (NY State of Politics)<br /></span><br /><b>NYC MAYORAL RACE</b><br /><span style="color: black;">Daily News: <a href="https://www.nydailynews.com/opinion/ny-oped-mayoral-candidates-on-my-big-idea-20210320-vjhzieiudnaj7a3xqv3n4htpzy-story.html+&cd=1&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us" target="_blank">Eight Democratic candidates for mayor discuss their "biggest idea" to help NYC</a></span><br /><span style="color: black;">New York Times: <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/22/nyregion/mayor-race-nyc-takeaways.html" target="_blank">5 takeaways from the NYC mayoral race</a></span><br /><span style="color: black;">Shant Shahrigian: <a href="https://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/new-york-elections-government/ny-eric-adams-brooklyn-mayoral-race-homeless-housing-20210322-fp7x3vx7lzc7vf7juvaw4zcjlu-story.html" target="_blank">NYC mayoral candidate Eric Adams wants to house homeless New Yorkers in vacant apartments</a> (Daily News)</span><br /><span style="color: black;">Ross Barkan: <a href="https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/?tab=rm&ogbl#inbox/FMfcgxwLtGhBMdfPGnJNFKDQhrXbPLzn" target="_blank">NYC mayoral candidate Andrew Yang declares war on the teachers union</a> (Political Currents)</span><br /><span style="color: black;">Katie Glueck: <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/22/nyregion/andrew-yang-bias-asian-atlanta.html" target="_blank">Anti-Asian hate puts Andrew Yang in the spotlight. How will he use it? </a>(New York Times)</span><br /><span style="color: black;">The City: <a href="https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/?tab=rm&ogbl#inbox/FMfcgxwLtGgzkSqLdcBDtDfnxbFLkrhS" target="_blank">"Meet Your Mayor" tool gives voters a way to find out which NYC mayoral candidates agree with them on major issues (first: policing, education & COVID recovery)</a></span><br /><span style="color: black;">Allison Smith: <a href="https://www.gothamgazette.com/city/10285-advocates-democratic-mayoral-candidates-drug-policy-homelessness-policing" target="_blank">VOCAL members push Democratic candidates for NYC mayor on drug policy, homelessness & policing (Gotham Gazette)</a></span><br /><span style="color: black;">Sheneca Sharpe: <a href="https://www.cityandstateny.com/articles/politics/campaigns-elections/council-members-and-assembly-member-vie-brooklyn-borough" target="_blank">12 candidates run to be next Brooklyn Borough President </a>(City & State)</span><br /><br /><b>ANTI-ASIAN VIOLENCE</b><br /><span style="color: black;">Mihir Zahevi: <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/22/nyregion/nyc-asian-hate-crimes.html" target="_blank">As protesters rally against anti-Asian hate, NYC records five assaults (</a>New York Times)</span><br /><span style="color: black;">Matthew Fenton: <a href="https://www.ebroadsheet.com/the-broadsheetdaily-3-22-21-niou-describes-personal-response-to-wave-of-anti-asian-violence/" target="_blank">Assembly Member Yuh-Line Niou describes her personal response to wave of anti-Asian violence </a>(The Broadsheet)</span><br /><br /><br /><span style="color: #0b5394;"><em style="background-color: #fafafa; color: #656565; font-size: 12px; text-align: center;">Copyright © 2021 TenantsPAC, All rights reserved.</em></span></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1071919213630591924.post-73699923722340998162021-03-21T15:59:00.004-04:002021-03-21T15:59:58.710-04:00To stop an eviction proceeding till May 1, file a Hardship Application!<p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Use <a href="https://www.evictionfreeny.org/en/" target="_blank">EvictionFreeNY</a> to file a Hardship Declaration that will delay any eviction proceeding against you until at least May 1, 2021. 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font-family: Roboto, RobotoDraft, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: small; min-width: 100%; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td style="margin: 0px; padding-top: 9px;" valign="top"><table align="left" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="m_7769463081458714825mcnTextContentContainer" style="border-collapse: collapse; max-width: 100%; min-width: 100%; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td class="m_7769463081458714825mcnTextContent" style="color: #222222; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 18px 9px; word-break: break-word;" valign="top"><span style="font-size: medium;">ARTICLES OF INTEREST TO TENANT ADVOCATES:</span><br /><b><br />FEDERAL COURT DISMISSES LANDLORDS SUIT AGAINST HSTPA</b><br />Molly Crane-Newman:<a href="https://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/manhattan/ny-manhattan-judge-dismisses-nyc-landlords-suit-20210315-v4gfgflflbgkfitwdkwrpncuuq-story.html" target="_blank"> Federal judge dismisses NYC landlords' lawsuit, upholding constitutionality of 2019 rent laws</a> (Daily News)<br /><br /><b>88 LANDLORDS SUED FOR DISCRIMINATION AGAINST VOUCHER HOLDERS<br /></b>Matthew Haag:<a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/15/nyregion/real-estate-lawsuit-section-8-discrimination.html"> Housing Rights Initiative lawsuit accuses 88 NYC landlords of illegal discrimination in renting </a><span style="color: black;">(New York Times)<br /></span><br /><b>R.I.P. </b>Chris Libonati: <a href="https://www.syracuse.com/politics/cny/2021/03/doug-barclay-ny-gop-patriarch-dies-at-88.html+&cd=1&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us" target="_blank">Douglas Barclay, GOP patriarch from Central New York, dead at 88 (Syracuse Post-Standard)</a><br /><em>NOTE: Senator Barclay was sponsor of the 1975 Warranty of Habitability Law<br /></em><br /><b>HOTELS AND THE HOMELESS: </b>Nicholas Slayton: <a href="https://shelterforce.org/2021/03/11/advocates-point-to-a-bevy-of-successes-in-slowing-the-spread-of-the-virus-but-authorities-struggle-with-cost-burden/" target="_blank">Hotels can play a crucial role in long-term housing for homeless people</a> (Shelterforce) <br /><br /><b>TAX THE RICH - NYS BUDGET</b><br />New York Post: <a href="https://nypost.com/2021/03/14/ny-legislature-proposes-nearly-7b-in-new-taxes-on-wealthy/" target="_blank">State Senate & Assembly release budget proposals with $7 billion in new taxes on the most affluent New Yorkers</a><br />Christopher Robbins: <a href="https://gothamist.com/news/state-lawmakers-want-higher-taxes-rich-shy-away-billionaires-tax" target="_blank">State lawmakers want higher taxes on the rich, but shy away from billionaires' tax (</a>Gothamist)<br />Assembly Member Marcela Mitaynes: <a href="https://indypendent.org/2021/03/its-time-for-a-wealth-tax/" target="_blank">It's time for a wealth tax</a> (The Indypendent)<br />Edward McKinley: <a href="https://www.timesunion.com/news/article/Marijuana-taxes-and-sports-betting-Legislature-16024923.php" target="_blank">New York State enters budget season: marijuana legalization, wealth tax & sports betting </a>(Albany Times Union)<br />Rob Katz: F<a href="https://indypendent.org/2021/03/from-brooklyn-to-buffalo-socialists-are-organizing-to-tax-the-rich/" target="_blank">rom Brooklyn to Buffalo, socialists are organizing to tax the rich </a>(The Indypendent)<br />Morgan McKay: <a href="https://nystateofpolitics.com/state-of-politics/new-york/ny-state-of-politics/2021/03/16/the-lean-wolf-of-wall-street-" target="_blank">Senate and Assembly pass one-house budget bills, with increased taxes on rich New Yorkers </a>(NY State of Politics) (VIDEO)<br />Clayton Guse: <a href="https://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/ny-mta-raids-state-budget-20210315-jc4pbqn475b73bh5ipobp5mzqi-story.html+&cd=2&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us" target="_blank">Lawmakers sink Cuomo's plan to raid $160 million from mass transit funds</a><span style="color: black;"> (Daily News)</span><br />Tom Precious: <a href="https://buffalonews.com/news/state-and-regional/govt-and-politics/as-new-york-budget-bargaining-begins-which-cuomo-will-be-in-the-room/article_dba2ff0a-8348-11eb-93eb-db31c13564c9.html" target="_blank">As NYS budget bargaining begins, which Cuomo will be in the room?</a> (Buffalo News)<br /><span style="color: black;">Zach Williams: <a href="https://www.cityandstateny.com/articles/policy/budget/three-issues-watch-state-budget-negotiations.html" target="_blank">Three issues to watch in state budget negotiations </a>(City & State)<br /></span>Kathryn Brenzel: <a href="https://therealdeal.com/2021/03/15/senate-assembly-hit-real-estate-industry-in-budget-proposals/" target="_blank">Real estate execs slam Senate & Assembly one-house budget proposals</a><span style="color: black;"> (The Real Deal)<br /></span><span style="color: black;">Nick Reisman:<a href="https://nystateofpolitics.com/state-of-politics/new-york/ny-state-of-politics/2020/01/17/what-are-they-talking-about--a-guide-to-albany-isms-at-the-capitol" target="_blank"> What's a Big Ugly? The mothership? A guide to Albany-isms </a>(NY State of Politics)</span><br /></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: black; font-family: Roboto, RobotoDraft, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: small; min-width: 100%; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td style="margin: 0px; padding-top: 9px;" valign="top"><span></span><span><br /></span><span><a name='more'></a></span><table align="left" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="m_7769463081458714825mcnTextContentContainer" style="border-collapse: collapse; max-width: 100%; min-width: 100%; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td class="m_7769463081458714825mcnTextContent" style="color: #222222; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 18px 9px; word-break: break-word;" valign="top"><b>RELIEF FUNDS FOR EXCLUDED WORKERS (IMMIGRANTS)<br /></b>Damali Ramirez: <a href="https://www.liherald.com/stories/protesters-urge-state-senators-to-fund-excluded-workers,131047" target="_blank">Protesters urge Long Island senators to fund excluded workers; Kevin Thomas not taking a stand </a>(LI Herald)<br />Denis Slattery:<a href="https://www.nydailynews.com/coronavirus/ny-covid-relief-denied-immigrants-excluded-workers-hunger-strike-20210315-wqev2ouiszccxjmy4supzfcnpu-story.html" target="_blank"> Denied COVID relief, excluded workers plan hunger strike</a> (Daily News)<br />Bronx News 12: <a href="https://bronx.news12.com/hunger-strike-to-protest-being-left-out-of-covid-19-relief-bill" target="_blank">Undocumented immigrants launch hunger strike over lack of "excluded worker" relief funds </a>(VIDEO)<br /><br /><b>GOV. CUOMO UNDER FIRE</b><br />Albany Times Union editorial:<a href="https://www.timesunion.com/opinion/article/Editorial-It-s-time-to-go-Mr-Cuomo-16027997.php+&cd=2&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us" target="_blank"> It's time to go, Mr. Cuomo</a><span style="color: black;"><br />Gabe Ponce de Leon: <a href="https://www.cityandstateny.com/articles/policy/education/how-cuomo-repurposed-pandemic-aid-meant-schools.html" target="_blank">How Cuomo stole federal pandemic aid meant for schools </a>(City & State)</span><br /><span style="color: black;">Rebecca Trasiter: <a href="https://nymag.com/intelligencer/article/andrew-cuomo-misconduct-allegations.html" target="_blank">Abuse and power: Andrew Cuomo's governorship has been defined by cruelty that disguised chronic mismanagement. Why was that celebrated for so long?</a> (New York Magazine Intelligencer) (MUST READING)</span><br /><span style="color: black;">Carolyn Thompson: <a href="https://brooklyneagle.com/articles/2021/03/14/with-cuomo-under-fire-no-2-kathy-hochul-treads-carefully/" target="_blank">With Cuomo under fire, No. 2 Kathy Hochul treads carefully</a> (Brooklyn Daily Eagle)</span><br /><span style="color: black;">Katie Glueck: <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/15/nyregion/kathy-hochul-cuomo.html" target="_blank">Kathy Hochul, Cuomo's loyal lieutenant, is tested as crisis engulfs him</a> (New York Times)</span><br /><span style="color: black;">Nick Reisman: <a href="https://nystateofpolitics.com/state-of-politics/new-york/ny-state-of-politics/2021/03/15/facing-scandal-in-albany--cuomo-hits-the-road" target="_blank">Facing scandal in Albany, Cuomo hits the road</a> (NY State of Politics)</span><br /><span style="color: black;">Albany Times Union: <a href="https://www.timesunion.com/news/article/Cuomo-s-top-aides-served-as-his-most-protective-16022177.php+&cd=3&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us" target="_blank">Was Cuomo's problems with his phone a pretext for hitting on his young female staffers</a>?</span><br />Anna Gronewold: <a href="https://www.politico.com/states/new-york/albany/story/2021/03/15/cuomo-accuser-meets-with-investigators-says-he-spoke-of-his-hand-size-1368331" target="_blank">Cuomo boasted about the large size of his hands, accuser tells investigators </a>(Politico NY)<br /><span style="color: black;">Michelle Goldberg: <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/15/opinion/cuomo-working-families-party.html" target="_blank">How the left made Cuomo vulnerable </a>(New York Times OpEd)</span><br /><span style="color: black;"><br /></span><em style="background-color: #fafafa; color: #656565; font-size: 12px; text-align: center;">Copyright © 2021 TenantsPAC, All rights reserved.</em><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><span style="color: #0b5394;"><u><br /></u></span></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1071919213630591924.post-30318073275931808982021-03-17T14:44:00.003-04:002021-03-17T15:10:29.801-04:00What do the Mayoral candidates think on housing and homelessness for NYC?<p><span style="font-family: arial;">Gotham Gazette: </span><a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.gothamgazette.com/city/10258-televised-debate-democratic-mayoral-candidates-housing-homelessness-policies?mc_cid%3D6e6ba285c9%26mc_eid%3D60c909cfce&source=gmail&ust=1616087853591000&usg=AFQjCNEyLIBMBlqS_s4nG_CiqSCGxxdVZQ" href="https://www.gothamgazette.com/city/10258-televised-debate-democratic-mayoral-candidates-housing-homelessness-policies?mc_cid=6e6ba285c9&mc_eid=60c909cfce" style="background-color: white; color: #1155cc; font-family: arial; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Democratic Mayoral Candidates Outline Housing, Homelessness Plan</a><span style="font-family: arial;">s</span></p><div><span style="font-family: arial;">NY Times Opinion (Mara Gay) : </span><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/07/opinion/nyc-mayoral-candidates.html" style="color: #336699; font-family: arial; text-decoration-line: none;">https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/07/opinion/nyc-mayoral-candidates.html</a></div><div><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;" /></div><div><span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px;"><b>From McKee's Media, March 17, 2021: </b><br /></span><br style="color: #222222; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px;" /><span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px;">Howard Wolfson: <a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2021-03-15/new-york-city-mayoral-candidate-dianne-morales-is-ready-for-change+&cd=4&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us" target="_blank">Interview with Dianne Morales, candidate for NYC Mayor</a> (Bloomberg)</span><br style="color: #222222; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px;" /><span style="color: #222222; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #222222; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px;">Samar Khrushid: </span><a href="https://www.gothamgazette.com/city/10264-money-race-democratic-mayor-primary-matching-funds-march" style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px;" target="_blank">Donovan, Garcia, Morales, Wiley & Yang seem to be on track to receive matching funds in NYC mayoral race</a><span style="color: #222222; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px;"> (Gotham Gazette)</span><br style="color: #222222; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px;" /><span style="color: #222222; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #222222; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px;">Shant Shahrigian: </span><a href="https://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/new-york-elections-government/ny-nyc-mayoral-race-garcia-yang-business-licenses-20210315-uztvadtkhbdolf67ncfdtskaxq-story.html" style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px;" target="_blank">NYC mayoral candidates Kathryn Garcia & Andrew Yang challenge City to streamline business licenses</a><span style="color: #222222; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px;"> (Daily News)</span><br style="color: #222222; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px;" /><span style="color: #222222; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #222222; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px;">Sally Goldenberg:</span><a href="https://www.politico.com/states/new-york/city-hall/story/2021/03/16/advocacy-group-that-belongs-to-working-families-party-backing-stringers-mayoral-bid-1368368" style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px;" target="_blank"> New York Communities for Change supports Scott Stringer for NYC Mayor </a><span style="color: #222222; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px;">(Politico NY)</span><br style="color: #222222; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px;" /><span style="color: #222222; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #222222; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px;">Andrew Siff on race for NYC Mayor: </span><a href="https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/politics/yang-wiley-stringer-and-adams-among-early-nyc-mayoral-front-runners-as-races-become-clear/2945572/" style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px;" target="_blank">Yang, Wiley, Stringer & Adams emerge as early frontrunners </a><span style="color: #222222; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px;">(NBC New York) (VIDEO)</span><br style="color: #222222; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px;" /><span style="color: #222222; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #222222; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px;">New York Times: </span><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/15/nyregion/mayors-race-nyc-takeaways.html" style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px;" target="_blank">Five takeaways from NYC mayoral race</a><br style="color: #222222; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px;" /><span style="color: #222222; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #222222; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px;">Politico NY: </span><a href="https://www.politico.com/states/new-york/city-hall/story/2021/03/15/how-yang-charmed-the-right-on-his-road-to-political-stardom-1368366" style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px;" target="_blank">How Andrew Yang charmed the right on his road to political stardom</a><br style="color: #222222; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px;" /><span style="color: #222222; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #222222; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px;">Shant Shahrigian: </span><a href="https://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/new-york-elections-government/ny-nyc-mayoral-race-maya-wiley-matching-funds-20210315-p44p4y756jer3d6klel3u2foci-story.html+&cd=2&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us" style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px;" target="_blank">NYC mayoral candidate Maya Wiley awarded $1.9 million in matching funds </a><span style="color: #222222; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px;">(Daily News)</span><br style="color: #222222; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px;" /><span style="color: #222222; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #222222; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px;">Martin Braun: </span><a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-03-15/yang-raises-2-1-million-in-direct-donations-for-nyc-mayoral-run+&cd=4&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us" style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px;" target="_blank">NYC mayoral candidate Andrew Yang raises $2.1 million in direct donations</a><span style="color: #222222; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px;"> (Bloomberg)</span><br style="color: #222222; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px;" /><span style="color: #222222; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #222222; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px;">Jarrett Murphy: </span><a href="https://citylimits.org/2021/03/15/nycs-mayoral-candidates-are-asking-you-to-show-up-at-the-polls-did-they/" style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px;" target="_blank">NYC mayoral candidates have uneven records of voting over the years</a><span style="color: #222222; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px;"> (City Limit)</span><br style="color: #222222; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px;" /><span style="color: #222222; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #222222; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px;">Patrick Sissoon: </span><a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-03-15/progressives-are-watching-nyc-s-city-council-race+&cd=1&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us" style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px;" target="_blank">More than 300 candidates compete for 35 seats on New York City Council</a><span style="color: #222222; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px;"> (Bloomberg CityLab)</span></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1071919213630591924.post-28605420498729684502021-02-16T12:30:00.003-05:002021-04-01T16:13:24.918-04:00McKee's Media - 2/15/2021<p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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color: black; font-size: small; min-width: 100%; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td style="margin: 0px; padding-top: 9px;" valign="top"><table align="left" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; max-width: 100%; min-width: 100%; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td style="color: #222222; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 18px 9px; word-break: break-word;" valign="top"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>HOUSING POLICY</b><br />Jose Lopez & Barika Williams:<a href="https://www.gothamgazette.com/opinion/10155-every-new-yorker-right-roof-housing-nyc-needs-integrated-housing-plan" target="_blank"> NYC needs an Integrated Housing Plan to end homelessness & promote racial equity</a><span style="color: black;"> (Gotham Gazette OpEd)</span><br />Assembly Member Zohran Mamdani: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch" target="_blank">How socialists solved the housing crisis (The Gravel Institute) </a>(VIDEO) (MUST VIEWING)<br /><br /><b>HARDSHIP DECLARATIONS NEEDED TO HALT EVICTIONS TIL MAY 1</b><br />Emma Whitford:<a href="https://www.law360.com/newyork/articles/1353777/nyc-anti-eviction-forms-slow-to-roll-in-stirring-unease" target="_blank"> Few tenants have filed anti-eviction hardship declaration, stirring unease </a>(Law360)<br />Claudia Irizarry Aponte: <a href="https://www.thecity.nyc/housing/2021/2/8/22273589/nyc-families-caught-in-rent-aid-catch-22-sue-to-sidestep-state-blockade" target="_blank">NYC families caught in rent assistance Catch-22 sue to sidestep state blockade</a> (The City)<br /><br /><b>HOUSING DISCRMINATION<br /></b>Nick Reisman: <a href="https://nystateofpolitics.com/state-of-politics/new-york/ny-state-of-politics/2021/02/08/ny-senate-approves-housing-discrimination-measures" target="_blank">State senate passes housing discrimination bills </a>(NY State of Politics)<br /><br /><b>TAX THE RICH!</b><br />Nick Reisman: F<a href="https://spectrumlocalnews.com/nys/central-ny/ny-state-of-politics/2021/02/10/report--taxing-rich-can-spur-recovery" target="_blank">iscal Policy Institute releases new report says taxing the rich can spur recovery </a>(NY State of Politics)<br />Michael Kink & Becky Saletan: <a href="https://www.nydailynews.com/opinion/ny-oped-the-wall-street-tax-new-york-needs-now-20210209-qqzsw5c4jbepxotl2jtc2lbsbm-story.html" target="_blank">The Wall Street tax New York needs now </a>(Daily News OpEd)<br />Emilie Munson: <a href="https://www.timesunion.com/news/article/Pelosi-rebuts-Cuomo-claims-that-coronavirus-bill-15944317.php" target="_blank">Pelosi rebuts Cuomo's claim that pending federal aid shortchanges New York </a>(Albany Times Union)<br />Spectrum News: <a href="https://spectrumlocalnews.com/nys/central-ny/homelessness/2021/02/11/protesters-across-nys-urge-cuomo-to-support-bill-addressing-homelessness" target="_blank">Protesters across the state urge Cuomo to support the Invest in Our New York Act </a>(VIDEO)<br />13WHAM: <a href="https://13wham.com/news/local/protesters-call-for-state-to-help-people-facing-homelessness-addiction" target="_blank">Protesters call for NYS to help New Yorkers facing homelessness, addiction</a> (VIDEO)<br /><br /></span><span><a name='more'></a></span></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: black; font-size: small; min-width: 100%; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td style="margin: 0px; padding-top: 9px;" valign="top"><table align="left" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; max-width: 100%; min-width: 100%; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td style="color: #222222; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 18px 9px; word-break: break-word;" valign="top"><span style="font-family: arial;">Denis Slattery: <a href="https://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/new-york-elections-government/ny-cuomo-covid-powers-nursing-homes-20210214-adsrsoef6zafzidk2rganahyhq-story.html+&cd=2&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us" target="_blank">Dems consider rescinding Cuomo's emergency powers in response to nursing home cover-up</a> (Daily News)<br />Chris Churchill: <a href="https://www.timesunion.com/news/article/Churchill-Andrew-Cuomo-froze-nursing-home-truth-15948562.php" target="_blank">Andrew Cuomo's Nixonian penchant for secrecy and paranoia are behind the nursing home cover-up; his reputation is now in tatters</a> (Albany Times Union OpEd)<br /><br /><b>ECONOMY AND VACANCY RATE<br /></b>Georgia Kromrei: <a href="https://therealdeal.com/2021/02/10/landlords-hail-relief-bill-as-end-of-cancel-rent/" target="_blank">Albany lawmakers introduce new COVID rent relief bill</a> (The Real Deal)<b><br /></b>Kathryn Brenzel: <a href="https://therealdeal.com/2021/02/11/mayor-calls-cuomos-office-to-resi-plan-giveaway-to-real-estate/" target="_blank">De Blasio says Cuomo's plan to convert old office buildings to housing is a giveaway to landlords</a><br />Shant Sharigian: <a href="https://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/new-york-elections-government/ny-new-york-city-unemployment-20210212-hlqgrvsfs5fwllbzmdtoyb6yxe-story.html" target="_blank">Nearly 70 percent of NYC jobs lost in 2020 were held by people of color</a> (Daily News)<br />Amy Plitt: <a href="https://therealdeal.com/2021/02/11/manhattan-and-brooklyn-renters-sign-leases-in-record-numbers/" target="_blank">Manhattan & Brooklyn renters signed new leases in January in record numbers </a>(The Real Deal)<br />Beth Fertig: <a href="https://gothamist.com/news/nycs-recovery-may-drag-out-until-2023-or-later-according-to-new-report" target="_blank">New report says NYC recovery might drag out until 2023, or even later</a><span style="color: black;"> (Gothamist/WNYC) (AUDIO)</span><br /><br /><b>NYC MAYORAL RACE AND OTHER ELECTIONS</b><br />Samar Khurshid: <a href="https://www.gothamgazette.com/city/10152-democratic-nyc-mayoral-candidates-albany-agendas-cuomo-strategies" target="_blank">Democratic NYC mayoral candidates offer Albany agendas, strategies for accomplishing them</a> (Gotham Gazette)<br />Gotham Gazette: WATCH: <a href="https://www.gothamgazette.com/city/10151-watch-democratic-candidates-nyc-mayor-albany-agendas-governor" target="_blank">Democratic mayoral candidates outline their Albany agendas</a> (VIDEO)<br />New York Times: <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/15/nyregion/new-york-city-mayor-zoom.html" target="_blank">Zoom fatigue on the campaign trail: 5 takeaways from the NYC mayoral race</a><br />Kathryn Brenzel: <a href="https://therealdeal.com/2021/02/05/construction-union-sizes-up-mayoral-hopefuls/" target="_blank">Construction union sizes up NYC mayoral hopefuls</a> (The Real Deal)<br />Katie Honan: <a href="https://www.wsj.com/articles/new-york-city-real-estate-executives-pour-money-into-local-election-11612962008" target="_blank">Real estate titans spent $221K on special election for Queens City Council seat, and have at least $1.2 million for other races</a> (Wall Street Journal)<br /><br /><b>MISCELLANEOUS<br /></b>Rebecca Rosenberg: <a href="https://nypost.com/2021/02/10/nyc-department-of-buildings-inspector-busted-for-taking-bribe/" target="_blank">NYC Dept. of Buildings inspector busted for taking $1.200 bribe</a><span style="color: black;"> (New York Post)<br /></span>Wall Street Journal: <a href="https://www.wsj.com/articles/new-york-prosecutors-investigating-trumps-manhattan-properties-11613241198" target="_blank">New York prosecutors investigate financial dealings with four Manhattan Trump buildings</a><br />Conor Dougherty:<a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/12/business/economy/california-housing-crisis.html" target="_blank"> The Californians are coming. So is their housing crisis</a><span style="color: black;"> (New York Times)</span><b><br /></b>Katherine Kallergis: <a href="https://therealdeal.com/miami/2021/02/08/miami-dade-mayor-launches-60m-relief-program-for-landlords/" target="_blank">Miami-Dade mayor launches $60 million relief program for landlords</a> (The Real Deal)<br /><br /><em style="background-color: #fafafa; color: #656565; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; text-align: center;">Copyright © 2021 TenantsPAC, All rights reserved.</em><br /></span><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: black; font-size: small; min-width: 100%; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td style="margin: 0px; padding-top: 9px;" valign="top"><table align="left" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; max-width: 100%; min-width: 100%; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td style="color: #222222; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 18px 9px; word-break: break-word;" valign="top"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /><br /><br /><span style="color: #0b5394;"><u><br /></u></span></span></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: black; font-size: small; min-width: 100%; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px 18px 18px;" valign="top"></td></tr></tbody></table>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0