Adams Accused of Sexual Assault + Property Tax Lawsuit Reinstated
No. 367 | Monday, March 25, 2024
The NYC Thorn is a weekly roundup of local political news compiled by members of NYC-DSA.
Local News
Mayor Adams is fending off charges that he sexually assaulted a colleague in 1993. The City's Corporation Counsel is using public resources to defend Adams in the case, even though the law does not require the City to provide a legal defense.
Tim Pearson, a close aide to Mayor Adams already under investigation for participating in a fist fight with guards at a migrant shelter, has been accused of sexual harassment in a lawsuit.
Mayor Adams' successive cuts to the Civilian Complaint Review Board, which investigates NYPD misconduct, have made it impossible for the agency to investigate all of the claims that it receives.
The Court of Appeals reinstated a lawsuit seeking to overhaul the state’s property tax system, which advantages whiter, wealthier areas at the expense of rental properties and lower-income neighborhoods of color.
The real estate industry and its allies in Albany are pushing to restore the ability of landlords to deregulate rent-stabilized housing through vacancy decontrol, a practice that deregulated hundreds of thousands of apartments until it was outlawed in 2019.
Building trades unions are unhappy with the current state of negotiations with the Real Estate Board of New York, as they discuss a potential wage floor in a tentative affordable housing tax break that could be squeezed into this year's state budget.
A coalition of 1000 tenants and organizers staged a protest at Albany's capitol building, demanding that Good Cause Eviction be included in this year's state budget.
City & State summarized the “zombie bills” that have been introduced in Albany after prior versions were vetoed by Governor Hochul during the last legislative session.
In the latest round of public feedback, comments in favor of congestion pricing outnumbered comments against by a ratio of 2-to-1.
A civil rights law firm has appealed a lower court decision that overturned Local Law 11, which would allow non-citizens with green cards or work authorizations to vote in local elections.
NYCHA’s outgoing federal monitor published a harsh report card for the agency at the end of his five-year term.
A trio of elected officials have joined a push to expand free and reliable bus service in the upcoming state budget.
A group of after-school programs were surprised that their contracts with the City are not being renewed due to Mayor Adams’ budget cuts.
Election News
Jacobin interviewed Jonathan Soto about his DSA-endorsed campaign for Assembly District 82 (East Bronx).
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