The real estate lobby in New York is invoking the spectre of 1970s-era disrepair and failing infrastrucure to fight sweeping rent reforms.<br><br>"Like it or not, MCIs and IAIs power the city’s economy. Eliminating them would bring upgrades and improvements to a grinding halt. That means work dries up, jobs are eliminated, neighborhoods and buildings fall into disrepair, and the city’s tax rolls decline,”<br><br>MCIs are major capital improvements <br>IAIs are individual apartment improvements btw<br><br><a href="https://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/ny-landlords-rent-regulations-building-improvements-report-20190606-akdihwpuavbvxd3aa65udulirm-story.html?outputType=amp">https://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/ny-landlords-rent-regulations-building-improvements-report-20190606-akdihwpuavbvxd3aa65udulirm-story.html?outputType=amp</a><br><br>Sounds like a case of people not knowing their history!!<br>-- <br>Sent from my Android device with K-9 Mail. Please excuse my brevity.