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Council Eyes Barriers to Court Access for New Yorkers with Disabilities

By Jillian Jonas | June 21, 2016

Overlapping authority among state and city agencies might be one of the reasons that obstacles persist for the estimated 99,000 New Yorkers who use wheelchairs, as well as other people with disabilities.

Bringing it Home: The Affordability Battles of 2015

Passing Rent Laws is One Thing. How About Enforcing Them?

By Jillian Jonas | June 17, 2015

Some advocates believe that whatever rent regime is ultimately approved by state legislators, the state agency charged with enforcing them will need more resources to do so.

Bringing it Home: The Affordability Battles of 2015

Timeline of Failure: How NYS Got to a Rent Laws’ Lapse

By Jillian Jonas | June 16, 2015

As of now, New York State has no rent regulations. But it has plenty of blame to go around.

Bringing it Home: The Affordability Battles of 2015

Reform, Interrupted: Study Up for Round 2 of Debate Over 421-a

By Jillian Jonas | June 12, 2015

Ambitions to kill it are dashed. Hopes to reform it are faint. The smart money is now on legislators renewing 421-a as is for a very short spell. Here’s a preview of what we’ll be arguing about in, say, December.

Albany

Where is Jeff Klein in the Rent Regulations Debate?

By Jillian Jonas | June 11, 2015

Mayor de Blasio, Gov. Cuomo, Speaker Heastie and others have made their positions on rent regulations and 421-a known. Now we hear from the head of a breakaway Democratic faction.

Bringing it Home: The Affordability Battles of 2015

Loss of 330,000 Affordable Apartments Seen

By Jillian Jonas | June 10, 2015

Advocates disputed media reports that efforts to reform 421-a and repeal vacancy decontrol—two priorities of Mayor de Blasio—were dead, as a report found a huge loss of affordable apartments from 2002 to 2014.

Affordable Housing

Rent Regulation Affects Tenants Outside New York City

By Jillian Jonas | June 9, 2015

As tenants rallied in Albany to call for saving and strengthening rent regulations, one Asssembly member called for changes to assist the overlooked regulated tenants of three non-NYC counties.

Affordable Housing

Cuomo’s Power Tested on Rent Regulations

By Jillian Jonas | June 8, 2015

For months tenant advocates have waited and wondered what Gov. Cuomo’s position on rent regulations would be. Now they’ve gone from wondering where the governor stands to fretting about whether he can deliver.

Affordable Housing

Tenants Rip Program Tying Rent Hikes to Landlord Investments

By Jillian Jonas | December 19, 2014

Major Capital Improvements allow rent-stabilized landlords to exceed authorized rent increases when paying off a new roof, boiler or other large expense. Long-standing tenant complaints about fraud are part of the debate over renewing state rent laws.

Health and Environment

Broad Effort to Fix New York's Ferals

By Jillian Jonas | October 8, 2012

There are an estimated 10,000 to 100,000 feral cats in New York City living in some 13,000 colonies. A broad effort is underway to trap the animals and neuter them, rather than kill.

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