Silver Says Cuomo Needs to Weigh in on Rent
Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver says that Gov. Andrew Cuomo needs to throw his weight around the get the Republican-controlled Senate to renew and strengthen rent control laws set to expire on June 15....
View ArticleBloomberg Releases Budget, Slashes Teachers
As expected, Mayor Michael Bloomberg released a $65.7 billion budget this morning, which slashes 6,166 teaching positions, would close 20 fire companies and shutter four swimming pools this summer....
View ArticleSilver to Cuomo: The Assembly Has Already Acted on Rent Regs
Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver issued a statement in response to Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s video message about renewing and strengthening the city’s rent regulations. Silver points out that the Assembly...
View ArticleRent is the Issue of the Day
The laws that keep housing affordable for millions of New Yorkers will expire tomorrow and the debate over whether to simply renew or strengthen the laws is front and center today in Albany. A number...
View ArticleRent Laws to Get an Extension
Gov. Andrew Cuomo has offered a bill that would extend rent laws until 3 p.m. on Friday. A message of necessity has been attached so both houses are expected to act on the bill tonight. If the...
View ArticleSilver On Rent Extension *Update*
As the Assembly finished up its vote on same-sex marriage legislation Speaker Sheldon Silver released a statement saying he the Assembly will pass an extension to New York’s rent laws. The same sex...
View ArticleBloomberg in Albany
Mayor Michael Bloomberg paid a visit to Senate Republicans this morning as well as Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver. He was in town to discuss the same-sex marriage vote. Although Bloomberg clearly put...
View ArticleCuomo Threatens Special Session
Gov. Andrew Cuomo is not happy that there is no deal on renewing the rent laws and is making it clear that he will keep legislators in Albany until he gets one. “Affordable housing is an all too scarce...
View ArticleRent Negotiatons
With state legislators eager to get home for the weekend and to break for the end of session on Monday or Tuesday, this afternoon has seen a flurry of activity around rent regulations, Gotham Gazette’s...
View ArticleGustavo Rivera on Rent Extender
Sen. Gustavo Rivera’s singing may not have moved the rent control debate forward but he thinks his vote against the first extender, along with other Senate Dems, may have gotten negotiations into gear....
View ArticleRent Law Extender, Again *Update*
Gov. Andrew Cuomo, Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos, and Sheldon Silver walked out of a meeting earlier today and had no announcements on deals to move forward the important legislative issues of the...
View ArticleThe Let Down on Rent
Tenant advocates and Democratic legislators from the city were confused when the news first hit–the outline of how rent laws would be renewed and amended under the “big ugly” negotiated by Gov. Andrew...
View ArticleAnother Day, Another Extender
You guessed it. While the big three hash out the details in the end-of-the-year deal legislators will have to pass yet another extender to keep the city’s rent laws going. It is becoming a big of a...
View ArticleCuomo's Democratic Credentials
Its a dreary rainy day in Albany that has brought yet another leaders meeting and a lot more of the same–waiting. According to Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos there remain a number of sticking...
View ArticleCitizen Action Rallies Around Schneiderman
Attorney General Eric Schneiderman was recently unceremoniously ousted from the panel of prosecutors working on a nationwide foreclosure settlement with U.S. banks because he is interested in...
View ArticleChange for the Homeless
Advocates for the homeless and some City Council members are reacting with alarm to reports that the city will institute a policy later this month that will make it more difficult for single adults to...
View ArticleState Does Not Support New Shelter Rules After All
At yesterday’s acrimonious hearing on changes in the city’s procedures for admitting single adults to homeless shelters. Council Speaker Christine Quinn pressed Department of Homeless Services...
View ArticleDevelopers Chosen for Brooklyn Bridge Park Hotel Complex
The board of Brooklyn Bridge Park announced today the final plan for construction of a hotel and residency complex by the park’s Pier 1. Toll Brothers City Living and Starwood Capital Group will...
View ArticleThe housing deal that wasn't
Last night a deal on housing legislation came together between the Assembly and Senate that would have extended the controversial J-51 tax abatement until 2015 without making any changes to it, as well...
View ArticleCoalition For Homeless Blasts Bloomberg
Mayor Michael Bloomberg was recently quoted as saying that the sharp rise in the length of stays at city homeless shelters has to do with “more pleasurable” shelter conditions. The Coalition for the...
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