Tag: private
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Private equity landlords’ screening process discriminated against renters, lawsuits contend
Two large private-equity-backed landlords discriminated against prospective tenants by relying on screening systems reporting inaccurate information about applicants’ previous evictions and criminal histories, according to two lawsuits filed Wednesday by an Indianapolis housing nonprofit group. The lawsuits follow complaints by tenants and their advocates about the impact some private-equity-backed landlords have had on residents, including junk…
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Senators take aim at big private equity landlords as rents soar
As Wall Street financiers snapped up huge swaths of the nation’s rental housing market in recent years, the deals sailed through unchallenged. Now, with the costs of renting an apartment or home out of reach for a growing number of Americans, four Democratic senators say these transactions need more scrutiny. Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., sent…
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Usha Vance’s expansive reading list gives a glimpse of a private figure in the campaign
As Republican vice presidential nominee JD Vance campaigns across the country, his wife, Usha Vance, has been a near-constant presence by his side. In the final weeks of the campaign, she has traveled with her own regular companion: a copy of “The Iliad.” Her edition of the Greek epic — a celebrated 800-page translation from…
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California bans legacy admissions at private colleges and universities
California is banning legacy admissions at private colleges and universities, ensuring that some of the country’s most selective schools will not favor applicants with familial or monetary connections to the schools. Gov. Gavin Newsom on Monday signed AB 1780 into law, prohibiting legacy and donor preferences in admissions at private, nonprofit institutions. The new rule…
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Ex-NYC Covid czar fired after he admits attending banned ‘private gatherings’ during height of pandemic
The pharmaceutical executive who was once New York City’s Covid czar was fired Monday, days after he admitted participating in “private gatherings” that were prohibited during the height of the pandemic, a federal filing shows. The board of directors at SIGA Technologies terminated Dr. Jay Varma effective immediately “other than for cause,” according to a…
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Former NYC Covid czar admitted he held ‘private gatherings’ during the height of the pandemic
New York City’s former Covid czar has admitted to participating in what he called “private gatherings” attended by multiple people while the rest of the city was on lockdown and large get-togethers were prohibited during the pandemic. Dr. Jay Varma made the admission Thursday after he was caught on hidden camera boasting about hosting what…