The people lobbying Mayor Brandon Scott about the “Security Deposit Alternatives” bill have been coming at him hard:
On Tuesday morning, a large banner was hung from a balcony at City Hall urging Scott to veto bill 21-0022. A similar protest banner was strung up on a nearby parking garage.
Both banners namechecked Rhino, the NYC-based company that has been using an unregistered lobbyist and organizing roundtable events with City Council members to promote the measure, which a coalition of advocates say will victimize rather than benefit low-income renters.
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