tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6850750806594927202.post6088890011590938280..comments2023-10-30T05:45:18.219-04:00Comments on Bronx News Network: Bronx News Roundup, Thursday, July 21Bronx News Networkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03022201181076163457noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6850750806594927202.post-22755110469471870562011-07-21T12:52:55.081-04:002011-07-21T12:52:55.081-04:00Re: Jeff Klein raking in the campaign cash.
He...Re: Jeff Klein raking in the campaign cash. <br /><br />He got a lot of money from landlords and real estate interests -- no surprise given how he has carried water for the landlords. One particularly egregious landlord donor is Larry Gluck and his less than "Stellar" Management. Gluck's business model of trying to extract profit from Mitchell Lama buildings left foreclosure and devastation in its wake. <br /><br />See more here:<br />http://www.insaf.net/ml/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=124<br /><br />and here:<br /><br />http://motherjones.com/politics/2009/07/mortgage-default-landlord-edition<br /><br />Another big corporate donor to Klein is the check cashing industry. Klein's IDC provided the votes in the Senate Banking Committee to change consumer protection laws so that check cashers could charge up to 400% on short term loans. This issue was well reported on in this very blog. See here:<br /><br />http://www.bronxnewsnetwork.org/2011/05/fight-for-consumer-protections-comes-to.html<br /><br />Klein is also a co-sponsor of this bill. (Kudos to Senator Gustavo Rivera, by the way, for voting against this attack on consumers. Good to know we have at least one Bronx Senator on the side of tenants and consumers.)<br /><br />Finally in the "no comment" column -- Klein received $1000 from "Total Tan, Inc."Jackhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17544110001798264698noreply@blogger.com