By Steven Wishnia From the July 28, 2010 issue | Posted in Local, Steve Wishnia
Thirteen housing activists were arrested July 12 in a sit-in protesting New York State Senate Democrats’ failure to pass pro-tenant legislation. read more »
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By Steven Wishnia From the July 28, 2010 issue | Posted in Local, Steve Wishnia 
By Steven Wishnia From the June 2, 2010 issue | Posted in Local, Steve Wishnia After more than a year of pressure from tenants urging the repeal of the state’s vacancy-decontrol law, Gov. David Paterson has finally weighed in. read more »
By Steven Wishnia From the May 12, 2010 issue | Posted in Local, Steve Wishnia Former State Senate Majority Leader Joseph Bruno, the prime villain behind the weakening of rent laws in 1997 and 2003, was sentenced to two years in prison May 6. read more »
By Steve Wishnia From the April 21, 2010 issue | Posted in Culture, Music, Steve Wishnia Former Sex Pistols manager Malcolm McLaren, a cultural-political prankster and scam artist who helped set off the worldwide phenomenon of punkrock, died April 8 of cancer. He was 64. read more »
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From the December 31, 1969 issue | Posted in IndyBlog, Not an Article, Steve Wishnia It wasn’t quite Hiram Monserrate proposing a bill to get tough on domestic violence, but it came close.
State Senator Pedro Espada (D/R/D-Bronx) came to City Hall on Wednesday, Feb. 17, to announce his new proposal for a rent freeze. Espada’s bill, S.6811, would freeze rents for all rent-stabilized tenants who make less than $45,000 a [...] read more »
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From the December 11, 2009 issue | Posted in Local, Steve Wishnia Downtown Brooklyn may still see the Atlantic Yards sports arena and housing project sprout up, but the recession is more likely to kill it than the lawsuits filed by opponents. read more »
By Steven Wishnia From the October 9, 2009 issue | Posted in Columns, Culture, Music, Reviews, Steve Wishnia |
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