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Friday, May 17, 2013

Tenant Advocates Attack Weiner

Anthony Weiner is fast becoming the second most unpopular candidate/potential candidate for mayor.

Students protested his proposed discipline policies for the NYC school system.

Now tenant advocates are attacking him as a sell-out to landlord interests:

Michael McKee, one of the city’s leading tenant advocates, skewered Weiner in a full-page article — headlined “Why No Tenant Should Vote for Anthony Weiner” — in the latest issue of the Metropolitan Council on Housing’s newspaper.

The broadside came as more evidence surfaced that Weiner is preparing a soon-to-be-announced mayoral run. He was spotted with his wife, Huma Abedin, filming a campaign-style video on the porch of his childhood Brooklyn home, NBC-NY said.

McKee said the ex-congressman double-crossed tenants as a city councilman in 1994 and voted to decontrol rent-stabilized apartments renting for $2,000 or more when they become vacant or if the occupant makes at least $175,000 two years in a row. The limits are now $2,500 and $200,000.

“Anthony Weiner was one of those who promised to stand with tenants,” McKee wrote, but after some arm-twisting by then-Council Speaker Peter Vallone Sr., Weiner switched sides and helped pass the bitterly fought bill by 28-18.

There are nearly 1 million New Yorkers living in rent-stabilized apartments — which makes for a potent voting bloc that Weiner can’t afford to offend if his upcoming entry into the mayoral race is to gain traction.

 Just another example of why Weiner is little more than a puppet for the wealthy.

Forget Penisgate - between the funky consulting gig his wife took while still working at the State Department and the attacks Weiner is taking from students and tenant activists, he's got a lot of explaining to do.

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