Lisa Gehrke

[Prof Zenkus @anthonyzenkus]

The Blackstone Group is the largest private owner of rent-stabilized apartments in New York City, not small mom and pop landlords.

Valued at $137 billion (not including the $1.3 trillion in assets they control), Blackstone is headed by Stephen A. Schwarzman, whose total yearly compensation exceeds $1 billion.

The idea of the "mom and pop" landlord being priced out of business because of a rent freeze is a myth. Small independent landlords (owning 10 or fewer units) make up only 1.2% of the ownership of rent-stabilized units. Meanwhile large corporations own 87% of those units, with mega corporations like Blackstone Group (owning 1000 or more units) controlling 56% of the market.

Mega corporations like Blackstone are pushing the myth of the small independent landlord to hide the fact that they and other mega corporations control the vast majority of NYC rentals.

And honestly, fuck them.

[Lisa Gehrke @LGehrke801]

@BootsRiley My b- day actually is opening weekend. I'll be seeing Boosters at least a couple times!

[Lisa Gehrke @LGehrke801]

A rare snow day at the reservoir

[Lisa Gehrke @LGehrke801]

New york is not for sale! #zohranfornyc #freezetherent

[Lisa Gehrke @LGehrke801]

Started at the old Tamany Hall and finished the #ZcavengerHunt in Astoria. Saw 5 more mayoral sites along the way, maybe learned a little about our city, met good people, and got to shake hands with NYC's next mayor. @ZohranKMamdani

[Lisa Gehrke @LGehrke801]

@RobertGehrke So sorry to hear it Robert. What a good boy

[Lisa Gehrke @LGehrke801]

@M4C_4T4K79 Thank you for your service

[Lisa Gehrke @LGehrke801]

@MerriamWebster Ending sentences or questions with a preposition.

[Macklemore @macklemore]

HIND’S HALL. Once it’s up on streaming all proceeds to UNRWA.

[Lisa Gehrke @LGehrke801]

@mhdksafa Absolutely

[Lisa Gehrke @LGehrke801]

@HumansNoContext Landlord

[Lisa Gehrke @LGehrke801]

@InternetH0F Fuck's sake. The possessive, for the sake of the fuck.

[Lisa Gehrke @LGehrke801]

@sltrib Embrace it! Salt Lake County has a fantastic array of well crafted local brews. One of the things I actually miss about living there. Shout out to Epic's sage saison

[Lisa Gehrke @LGehrke801]

@Gritty20202 The man ain't wrong

[Lisa Gehrke @LGehrke801]

#RepBX
Let's go Yankees!
👏👏...👏👏👏

[Lisa Gehrke @LGehrke801]

@ThatEricAlper You do the walk, you do the walk on by

[Lisa Gehrke @LGehrke801]

@willmenaker Well, the theater is out of beer, so...

[PostaLeftist @LeftandLeftist]

"Conservatives want live babies so they can grow up to be dead soldiers" -G Carlin

[Lisa Gehrke @LGehrke801]

We're talkin baseball 🎶🎶
#repbx

[PostaLeftist @LeftandLeftist]

Feb 20 2020:

“So now, less than [2] years later, you can go up on a steep hill in Las Vegas and look West, and with the right kind of eyes you can almost see the high-water Mark - that place where the wave finally broke and rolled back.” #feelthebern