Save Affordable Housing

Tuesday, February 2, 2016

421a Stay Away - Rally postponed

421a Stay Away!

Rally with us

Meet at 57th St. & 5th Ave.

near the luxury condominium One57

11 AM Sharp!

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NYC Tenants, Let's Rally!

The 421a tax abatement giveaway for luxury housing that takes $1 billion in tax revenue each year from NYC has expired!

Join us to let Governor Cuomo know that tenants say NO! to a resuscitation of 421a without stronger rent laws.

Let's come together to protect our communities and keep New York affordable.

On February 5th, you can make a difference!

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#1 Million Homes

2.5 Million Tenants

Join the movement.

Contact Tenants & Neighbors

dglover@tandn.org 212-608-4320

@YearOfTheTenant

421A tax break - Tenant groups rallying against it on Friday, Feb. 5

421a Stay Away!
Rally with us on
Friday, February 5th!

Meet up at 57th Street & 5th Ave.
near the luxury condominium One57
11 AM Sharp!

NYC Tenants, Let's Rally!

#1 Million Homes

2.5 Million Tenants

Join the movement.

Contact Tenants & Neighbors

dglover@tandn.org 212-608-4320

@YearOfTheTenant

Thursday, January 14, 2016

Gov. Cuomo's State of the State

Governor Cuomo offered some good things in his 2016 State of the State speech such as

$20 billion for affordable housing statewide including

100,000 new affordable homes. (The governor did not mention that leaving "vacancy decontrol" in place will result in the loss of at least 100,000 affordable apartments.)
20,000 supportive units for the homeless. (Mayor de Blasio promised to build 15,000, bringing the total to the 35,000 that advocates say is needed.)

$15 minimum wage by the end of 2018
12-week family leave (paid for by the employee over time)
NYC & NYS Comptrollers to oversee homeless shelters and put in receivership those that don't meet standards
Closing the "LLC" (Limited Liability Corp.) loophole that lets the LLC for each building owned by a landlord contribute as much ($150,000/year) as do individuals to politicians.

and some less good things, like passing along to NY City between $500 million and $1 billion in additional costs for running the City University of NY, and for Medicaid. But he has now backpedaled from some of those costs. From Gotham Gazette's Eye Opener: "In his interview on WNYC and interview on NY1 Cuomo presented the argument that measures were included in the budget so that the city and state could find cost savings in CUNY and Medicaid together. Both are dually administered and paid for already."

Wednesday, December 23, 2015

Skelos father & son guilty on all counts

New York Times: Dean & Adam Skelos guilty on all counts

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/12/12/nyregion/dean-skelos-adam-skelos-guilty-corruption-trial.html

Michael McKee

Treasurer

Tenants Political Action Committee

Tuesday, December 1, 2015

Newsday: Skelos trial emails say landlords have mole at tenant strategy meetings

Michael McKee of Tenants PAC writes, "The article discusses . . . evidence in the Dean-Adam Skelos trial. . . that describe efforts by the real estate lobby to stop pro-tenant changes in Albany, including big bucks contributions to the Senate Republicans from the Real Estate Board of NY and Rent Stabilization Association of landlords.

The email from Glenwood Management executive Charles Dorego states that the landlords had a mole at tenant strategy meetings.

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