#brian benjamin

[motocrunch]

for a better Monday. Biker Chicks Share a Cigar Photograph by Brian Benjamin

[urbangeographies]

Realtors have increasingly resorted to a practice of renaming neighborhoods and redrawing traditional neighborhood boundaries in order to rebrand an area as more desirable for affluent New Yorkers. These actions are not without consequence. First, realtors are artificially inflating housing prices in newly renamed or redrawn neighborhoods to the detriment of working families and middle class residents struggling to remain in increasingly unaffordable communities. Second, neighborhoods are often renamed without regard to its history, culture, character and tradition, thereby resulting in changes to the cultural and historic landscape of New York City.  Third, prospective homebuyers and tenants are compelled to pay higher rents or purchase prices than they might otherwise confront.

New York State Senator Brian Benjamin, proposed “Neighborhood Integrity Act,” quoted in Next City (14 June 2017)

[parttimereporter]

[lamajaoscura]

NY Lt. Gov. Brian Benjamin Arrested in Campaign Finance Fraud Case

New York Lt. Gov. Brian Benjamin has surrendered to authorities to face campaign finance fraud-related charges in connection with a past campaign, two people familiar with the matter said Tuesday. Benjamin, a Democrat, was charged with bribery, fraud, conspiracy and falsification of records in an alleged scheme to obtain campaign contributions from a real estate developer in exchange for Benjamin’s…

[grayheartart]

Bwomp bwomp.

Seems to be the running theme with BLM and their supporters that they're all a bunch of scumbag frauds and grifters.