I strongly support her, though I'm down in the Village. She's a fighter for small businesses and regular New Yorkers.
MCM > Marni Halasa is running to represent New York City Council, District 3. > View this email in your browser > <https://mailchi.mp/e11ad6cd5788/announce-1401608?e=184ce4a1a9> > Marni For Council 2021 > > <https://marniforcitycouncil.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=2bcf585f767a20f8096edbdcb&id=f46f59fb1e&e=184ce4a1a9> > > Friends, > > Politics is never what is seems -- until you look underneath the surface. > When you peel back the layers, you truly see what is happening : the power > brokers have rigged the mechanisms of our Government to tip the scales to > favor the real estate industry. People with dishonest motivations hide > behind false narratives micromanaged to appear like politicians are helping > people -- when they are not. This is grotesque, corrupt, and not how the > New York City Council should be run. > > Your favorite small business never had to close. > > Take for instance what City Council did with the *Small Business Jobs > Survival Act* (SBJSA), one of the most vetted pieces of legislation to > come before the City Council. The SBJSA is necessary for the survival of > small businesses. Before the outbreak of the pandemic, small businessed had > been in a crisis, with over 1,200 businesses closing each month, taking > 8,000 jobs with them. I'm told half of these businesses were > immigrant-owned. The SBJSA would have given all small businesses in the > City a long term lease renewal at an affordable rent. This would have been > the solution to the crisis of closings and job loss. Instead, City Council > did everything it could to stop the SBJSA from moving. But you would never > know it from politicians’ rhetoric. > > This is what rigging looks like. > > Procedurally, this is what rigging looks like : (1) Councilmember *Corey > Johnson* quietly taking his name off the SBJSA when he became speaker in > 2018 ; (2) appointing Councilmember *Mark Gjonaj*, a non-supporter of the > bill, to lead the Small Business Committee ; (3) passing a slew of > do-nothing legislation as inferior substitutes, none of which would > actually save a small business from closing ; (4) Council rallies shining > the spotlight on regulations and water/sewer fees rather than the largest > expense for owners (and the most profitable for landlords) : the rent. Most > recently, the SBJSA has been watered-down by Councilmember *Ydanis > Rodriguez*, so small businesses located below 96th Street and above the > ground floor would not be eligible for protections. But even with this real > estate-friendly change, the City Council is silent. > Donate $10 now ! > <https://marniforcitycouncil.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=2bcf585f767a20f8096edbdcb&id=a23fd7596a&e=184ce4a1a9> > > Often, they can’t even make a phone call. > > That’s why my primary opponent couldn’t even make a phone call to *Sugar > Deli’*s landlord last December, when the beloved Hells Kitchen > bodega/supermarket went out of business. Sugar Deli, on 9th Avenue and W. > 36th Street, was run by a Dominican family for 28 years in Hells Kitchen. > They were emotionally shattered when their new landlord, *Gorjian Real > Estate Group*, increased their rent from $4,000 to $60,000. And although > both parties eventually negotiated the rent down to $35,000, it was still > too expensive for the family, and Sugar Deli closed. It’s telling then that > my primary opponent, who knew the landlord, encouraged Sugar Deli’s owners > to back down, saying to them that, "That’s the going rate for midtown," > adding that he was not going to make a phone call in their support. > > By not moving the SBJSA intact, and by watering it down to being flawed > and useless, The City Council has let small business commercial rents > become unaffordable, a situation that the Coronavirus pandemic has exposed. > Now, the only way for the original SBJSA to help small businesses would be > a companion program to offer rent vouchers, as I've already announced. The > neglect and abdication of responsibility that the City Council has shown > small businesses is not the type of leadership we need for our City. > > If you agree that we need new leadership, then I'm counting on you for > support. We deserve better. > Donate $10 now ! > <https://marniforcitycouncil.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=2bcf585f767a20f8096edbdcb&id=bd9ed01a2e&e=184ce4a1a9> > Follow me on Facebook and Twitter. > > If you would like to keep-up with my campaign, I invite you to follow my > Facebook page : Marni Halasa for NYC City Council 2021 > <https://marniforcitycouncil.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=2bcf585f767a20f8096edbdcb&id=27c837f8f9&e=184ce4a1a9> > and my Twitter account : @Marni4Council > <https://marniforcitycouncil.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=2bcf585f767a20f8096edbdcb&id=1f0bc1c9f0&e=184ce4a1a9>. > Please also visit and bookmark my campaign Web site > <https://marniforcitycouncil.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=2bcf585f767a20f8096edbdcb&id=869daf4416&e=184ce4a1a9> > . > > I am putting forth the plans to change the direction of New York City. 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