News Links Morning Reads: Rent Freeze Voted Down, Gompers Loses Mail Service, Primary Day By Ed Litvak - June 24, 2014 FacebookTwitterPinterestLinkedinReddIt In a major disappointment for affordable housing advocates, the Rent Guidelines Board rejects a rent freeze. Still, the increases approved last night are the lowest in the board’s 45-year history (NYT). A sorting room lock is broken, so the post office is not delivering to the Gompers Houses and, of course, NYCHA and the postal service are pointing fingers (Post). A new report is highly critical of the Parks Department for its inability to complete projects in a timely manner (NYT). In today’s primary, Jeff Kurzon faces extremely long odds in unseating U.S. Rep. Nydia Velazquez (The Brooklyn Paper). There will be a celebration of Hayne Suthon’s life tonight (EV Grieve).
