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.
Depending on whom you ask, the 421-a tax exemption is an inexcusable boondoggle, an indispensable economic engine or a flawed but useful tool that can be salvaged. Let’s start simply:…
From 2007 through 2014, nearly 5,000 people were “permanently excluded” from NYCHA because of an arrest—not necessarily a conviction—on or near NYCHA property.
During the Bloomberg administration, rents were hiked dramatically at one Brooklyn complex in order to keep it operating. The city believes the move preserved a Mitchell-Lama development. Some tenants say…
In the aftermath of the deadly March 26 blast, rent-stabilized tenants whose apartments were destroyed may have a right to return—depending on what happens at the site and who’s deemed…
Facing a growing fiscal crisis and crumbling infrastructure, City Hall has called for building affordable housing—and, in some cases, market-rate apartments—on Housing Authority land as part of a broad strategy…
The panel that decides how much landlords can hike the rent on nearly a million stabilized apartments has four hearings coming up. But you don’t have to show up to…
A former HPD official referred to as “the Tall Guy” in court papers is due to be sentenced soon for his role in a major Bloomberg-era bribery scandal. With a…
The Housing Authority’s Tenant Associations are supposed to rally residents to fight for their interests. But while some leaders (like Jonathan Gardenhire, above, the vice president of Smith Houses’ TA)…
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