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  • April 2020

Remembering Tom Waters (1963-2020)

by Michael McKee Issue April 2020

The tenant movement suffered an enormous loss when Tom Waters died April 4, apparently from the COVID-19 virus. A leading….

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  • Sept 2019

Los controles de alquileres llegan al norte del estado – otra vez

by Michael McKee Issue Sept 2019

El finado Warren Anderson, líder de la mayoría republicana en el Senado Estatal de Nueva York desde 1973 hasta 1988,….

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  • Sept 2019

Rent Controls Come to Upstate New York – Again

by Michael McKee Issue Sept 2019

The late Warren Anderson, the Republican majority leader of the New York State Senate from 1973 to 1988, had a….

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  • October 2018

IDC Arrasada

by Michael McKee Issue October 2018

Traducido por Lightning Translations  La multitud en la Bronx Ale House estalló en aplausos y gritos. Algunos bailaban o saltaban,….

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  • October 2018

Ossining Opts Into Rent Stabilization

by Michael McKee Issue October 2018

On September 5, the trustees of the Westchester County village of Ossining voted to opt into the Emergency Tenant Protection….

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  • October 2018

IDC Wiped Out!

by Michael McKee Issue October 2018

The crowd at the Bronx Ale House erupted in cheers and shouts. Some danced or jumped up and down, although….

City Council Speaker Corey Johnson addresses a rally of New York City loft tenants in Albany May 22, supporting a bill to prevent loft evictions over the coming months. Johnson led a delegation of tenants who came from the city and Nassau and Westchester counties to push for stronger rent laws. Assemblymember Maritza Davila (D-Brooklyn) is at left
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  • July 2018

Legislature Adjourns Without Acting on Tenant Bills

by Michael McKee Issue July 2018

The 2018 session of the New York State Legislature ended with a whimper, not a bang. For the first time….

Tenants rallied May 3 in the South Bronx in support of Cynthia Nixon’s candidacy for governor. From left, Josefine Colon, New York Communities for Change; Maria Maisonette, NYCC; Pamela Stewart Martinex; Nixon; Renata Pumarol, NYCC; and Francisco López, 919 Prospect Avenue Tenants Association. Photo by Michael McKee.
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  • May – June 2018

Strange Doings on Planet Albany: Cuomo’s Election-Year Conversion?

by Michael McKee Issue May – June 2018

On April 24 Democrats won two special elections for the state Senate, one in the Bronx and the other in….

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  • March - April 2018

Corey Johnson Pledges to Push Albany on Rent Laws

by Michael McKee Issue March - April 2018

New City Council Speaker Corey Johnson has vowed to join tenant advo- cates in a campaign to pressure the state….

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  • November 2017

Vacancies Put Wrinkle in Struggle for Control of State Senate

by Michael McKee Issue November 2017

With two Democratic state senators elected to other offices Nov. 7, the jockeying about which party will control the Senate….

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  • January – February 2018

¿Qué será necesario para forzar a Andrew Cuomo a fortalecer las protecciones de alquileres?

by Michael McKee Issue January – February 2018

El gobernador Andrew Cuomo pronunció su octavo discurso sobre el Informe del Estado (State of the State) el 3 de….

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  • January – February 2018

The Case Against Jeff Klein and the IDC

by Michael McKee Issue January – February 2018

The Independent Democratic Conference is a group of eight state senators who have entered into a power-sharing agreement with the….

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  • January – February 2018

What Will It Take to Force Andrew Cuomo to Strengthen Rent Protections?

by Michael McKee Issue January – February 2018

Governor Andrew Cuomo gave his eighth annual State of the State speech on January 3, and once again, he said….

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  • September - October 2017

City Council to Be Slightly Less Progressive

by Michael McKee Issue September - October 2017

The City Council is likely to be slightly less progressive over the next four years, after the Sept. 12 Democratic….

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  • July 2017

Albany Stiffs Tenants Yet Again

by Michael McKee Issue July 2017

Tenant issues were, as usual, given short shrift in the New York State Legislature’s 2017 session. On June 14, the….

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