A recent decision in Manhattan Supreme Court gives landlords the green light to raise discounted rents to the maximum level allowed under the state’s rent regulation laws, and tenants in neighborhoods in which the housing market is heating up may soon face double the rent bill they have now.
As members of Congress debate the merits of President Bush’s proposed housing budget, public housing tenants fear a slash to a multi-million dollar program meant to cut drug use could mean trouble for their young neighbors.
Even City Limits isn’t perfect, and a few errors in last week’s weekly now stand corrected.
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