Bedbugs on Buses, Park Slope Moms Arrested, Death Doula, PTA Fundraising To Be Reported and more links

• Judge allows the lawsuit against the city’s property-tax system to proceed – Court rejects de Blasio administration’s attempt to have the case tossed. (Crain’s) At issue is the fact that folks in gentrified neighborhoods seem to pay less in taxes than predominantly working-class neighborhoods as the proportion of the value of their property.
• It’s Not Your Imagination — Something is Seriously Wrong With Citi Bike Right Now (Streetsblog). In the last two weeks, 21 percent of its blue roadsters have simply disappeared.
• New York City has lost more than 1 million affordable apartments since 2005, leaving working-class residents with fewer options as rents continue to rise, according to a report released Tuesday by New York City Comptroller Scott Stringer. (WSJ)
• Verizon offers employees most lucrative buyout in 13 years. The buyout package includes three weeks’ pay for every year of service. (Crain’s)

Conflict brewing over NYC charters as capacity dwindles. For the first time applications for new charters are exceeding the number allowed under state law. (Politico)

• City Council Education Committee chair Mark Treyger introduced legislation that will require the city Education Department to track the fundraising and membership of schools’ parent groups. We wrote about that back in December. (B)

• • So – were there or were there not bedbugs on the busses, MTA?
  • Park Slope Moms get arrested. (B)
  • Restaurant Openings & Closings In And Around Park Slope (B)
  • Residents Propose Bushwick Community Plan for Rezoning To Tame Development (B)
  • Nelson Mandela Foundation Visits Brooklyn & Death Doulas Help Ease End-Of-Live Transition | 112BK: