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U.S. Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Ranking Member of the Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee, Bernie Sanders (D-VT), and Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) wrote concerned letters to BlackRock and Blackstone earlier this month.
In late October, members of the Detroit Tenants Union gathered at River Pointe Tower, an affordable senior housing complex on the east side of Detroit, to demand that their private equity landlord join them at the bargaining table.
In November, the Wall Street Journal reported that Blackstone was selling off a portfolio of about 90 senior housing properties, incurring over $600 million in losses. In its article “Blackstone is Offloading a Flopped $1.8 Billion Investment…
A major new feature in The American Prospect, “Lightning in a Bottle,” highlights the growing national crisis around rising electricity costs and the weakened regulatory systems meant to protect households. The story underscores how…
As states across the country confront the growing risks of private equity ownership in hospitals, nursing homes, and physician practices, PESP’s 2025 State Healthcare Policy Review: Tracking Private Equity Oversight and Reform and…
Each month, PESP’s Healthcare Team will be putting together a roundup that shares the latest news stories related to private equity in healthcare and highlights the work that our team has published in the last month. In the…
Lander’s $42B call highlights growing alarm over BlackRock’s fossil fuel strategy Watchdog argues BlackRock’s fossil fuel expansion and high-risk infrastructure investments are incompatible with prudent, long-term pension management Outgoing New York City Comptroller Brad Lander has called…
Zohran Mamdani will begin his term as New York City’s mayor on January 1, bringing with him a groundbreaking spate of policy proposals aimed at promoting affordability and improving quality of life for working New Yorkers. The incoming…
In light of continued investor interest in healthcare and the risks associated with private equity ownership of healthcare companies, the Private Equity Stakeholder Project is tracking private equity-backed healthcare acquisitions. Below is a list of private equity healthcare buyouts,…
Private equity’s expansion into the clinical trial industry is accelerating and may reshape how medical studies are conducted and overseen. The growing consolidation of research sites and ethics review boards raises concerns about trial safety, the long-term…
The private equity industry is massive, hugely influential, and playing a role in more and more aspects of life around the world, overseeing 29,000 portfolio companies and over 13 million US workers. Private equity and private funds are complex and…
In 2025, state legislatures across the country advanced a wave of proposals to rein in the risks of private equity in healthcare. Spurred by hospital closures, bankruptcies, and mounting evidence of financial extraction by private investors, lawmakers in…
