There’s a big apartment complex in Northeast D.C.  where the landlords have let conditions get so bad that the local D.C.  Councilmember wants to give them….. A tax break. Say what? Zara Norman of NOTUS has been covering the saga of the Gale Eckington and she’s here to explain.  

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