mr. zaches just said on the record that they were going to increase his rent. as a single family home the rent could be increased without limitation whatsoever. mr. hyman could go to paying five times his rent. and this would be a defacto eviction. >> we would have him stipulate no rent increase. and we ask that this board as a condition of approving these permits, if they are not going to deny them, that the owner put on the record he will not do any sort of no-fault eviction on my client and will be or abide by the rent control increases if this was a rental unit in a multiunit dwelling not in a single family home which has no rent increase limitations. >> glad stone. >> first of all, i want you to think about what mr. duffy just said he said that it does not look like a three-unit building, i agree, we do not main thayne that it is. the fact that there is no record at housing inspection division of inspections, is because it is not a three unit building. they don't inspect two unit. my client does not maintain so, i agree with mr. duffy, but it is a two unit

mr. zaches were there and from me i just has the one number, 227. some of you probably see that a lot in the city though, and it is not a big building from the outside. it is just, you know, and when you go into the building you walk up the stairs you go into the hallway in of door in front of you and locks on both doors and then you go up the stairs an

zach. >> mr. focal point seems to be the continuing resolution that is funding the government at the end of the month, that expires at the end of the month. would you sign a cr that continues the sequester but continues to fund the government, and on a related point, have you truly reached the limits of your persuasive power, is there any leverage that you have to convince folks that this isn't the way to go? >> well, i'd like to think i still have some persuasive power left. let me check. no, look, the issue is not my persuasive power. the american people agree with my approach. they agree that we should have a balanced approach to deficit reduction. the question is can the american people help persuade their members of congress to do the right thing. and i have a lot of confidence that over time if the american people express their displeasure about how something is working that eventually congress responds. sometimes there is a little gap between what the american people think and what congress

zach? >> mr.he continuing resolution that threatening the government at the end of the month. would you sign something to continue the squers and continue to fund the government? how do you reach the limits of your persuasive power? is there any other leverage you have to convince folks this is not the way to go? >> i would like to think i still have persuasive power left. let me check. look, um -- the issue is not my persuasive power. the american people agree with my approach. they agreed we should have a balanced approach to deficit reduction. the question is, can the american people help persuade their members of congress to do the right thing? and i have a lot of confidence that over time, if the american people express their displeasure about how something is working that eventually, congress responds. sometimes there's a gap between what the american people think and what congress thinks. but, eventually, congress catches up. with respect to the budget and keeping the government open, try t

zach? >> mr.olution that expires at the end of the month. would you sign a c.r. that continues the sequester that continues to fund the government? and have you truly reached the limits of your persuasive power? is there any other leverage you have to convince the republicans, convince folks that this isn't the way to go? >> well, i'd like to think i've still got some persuasive power left. let me check. no, look, the issue is not my persuasive power. the american people agree with me approach, that we should have a balanced approach to deficit reduction. the question is, can the american people help persuade their members of congress to do the right thing. and i have a lot of confidence that over time, if the american people express their displeasure about how something's working, that eventually congress responds. t sometimes there's a little gap between what the american think and what congress thinks. but eventually congress catches on. with respect to the budget and keeping the government ope

zach. it wasn't on you. >> i've been here for an hour and we've talked about it for maybe two seconds. >> i love the journal. 2.3%. the republicans are saying, please, mrt, we will give you a way to target these cuts. and it's like -- >> the democrats voted that down. >> it would give him a way to -- >> what they wanted to do is -- >> now you're talking trojans. >> make him do a deal which did not include any revenue and the white house is not going to -- >> the cuts are there. why? would it kill him to cut 2.3% of the budget? >> it would be difficult for him with his base. >> the world is going to end, he says, based on these. why not do it so the world doesn't end? do it so you don't furlough air traffic controllers? >> do i have to worry about this on sunday? >> none of this stuff happens right away. >> paul ryan is right, he's still campaigning. >> nothing big happens, we don't have any disaster, they're going to look like they crawled wolf. it's going to be very bad for them and good for the republicans. the republicans will say, look, we can do this. it's a tiny 2% cut. >> the air traffic control person said we'll be just fine. he said, actually,