Real Estate: Commercial Rent, 1985-1989

Memos of conversations with City Councilmen re pending legislation; testimony by ILGWU president Mazur in favor of Commercial Rent Binding Arbitration legislation (Intro. 1237), November 15, 1988; against substitute bill (Intro. 1245), June 14, 1989; testimony by Dennis Keating, assoc. prof. of law, Cleveland State Univ., in favor of Intro. 1237, June 9, 1989; letters from labor unions lobbying for passage of Intro. 914A; ILGWU press release re Intro. 1237, June 9, 1989; Fact Sheet, Commercial Rent Binding Arbitration New York City Council Intro. 914A, prepared by ILGWU; list, Firms Forced to Move as a Result of Rent Increase; memo summarizing survey of firms displaced due to rent pressures, July 9, 1985; memo re displaced firms and garment center zoning, January 7, 1987; Housing and Vacancy Report, prepared for the NYC Department of Housing Preservation and Development, April 1988; background points for Manhattan Borough President Dinkins cable show, "Should Manufacturing Be Retained in Manhattan?", related correspondence; statement by Dinkins on inclusionary zoning, May 21, 1987; statement by Dinkins in favor of vacant building program, March 10, 1988; newspaper clippings re structure of New York City Council, negative impacts of rent control; handwritten notes