Robert Cornegy (far right) at a City Council Speaker forum (photo: @RobertCornegyJr)
Eight members of the New York City Council are asking their colleagues to elect them as the new Speaker after the new legislative body is seated January 1.
Seven of the candidates oppose allowing Airbnb and other on-line platforms to continue their assault on our scarce affordable rental housing. But one of them, Robert Cornegy, Jr. of Brooklyn, does not.
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