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Remove Weinstein and Hochman
RGB Chair Ed Hochman and public member Ed Weinstein have demonstrated contempt for both the public they are appointed to serve and the process that they are supposed to follow. These men must go. In addition, the RGB as a whole is completely out of sync with the majority of New Yorkers. Of the nine members, all are male, virtually all are well-to-do, and seven are white. In a city as diverse as ours, it is obscene that rents can be set by such a homogenous and elitist group of men.
Mayor Giuliani claims to be upset by the “very high increases” passed by the RGB on June 22. As their boss he could have prevented the increases, but chose not to. He can make up for it by removing Hochman, Weinstein and the other three “public” members of the RGB. It is time to demand an RGB that represents our city and operates to regulate rents, not as an instrument of the real-estate industry.
Call Rudy Giuliani and demand that he remove the public members of the RGB: (212) 788-2958.