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‘Stronger rent laws will not only protect tenants and preserve regulated apartments in Stuyvesant Town-Peter Cooper Village and beyond; they will also allow the city’s to target critical preservation resources…

ByOksana Mironova 0Comments

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Jan 2018

Opinion

CityViews: Will the Council Finally Act on Strong Protections for Small Businesses?

‘There has been for a long time now a deafening silence regarding a longstanding proposed solution that would help businesses citywide—the Small Business Jobs Survival Act (SBJSA).’

ByHarry Bubbins 9Comments

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Nov 2017

Opinion

CityViews: NYC Needs Real Deterrents to Stop Tenant Harassment

We support the Certificate of No Harassment legislation because we believe it will help prevent other tenants from going through the experiences we’ve had.

BySofia Green

ByFelix Urena

ByJames Clark 2Comments

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Aug 2017

Housing and Homelessness News

Public Advocate: You’re A Bad Bank if You Fund the Worst Landlords

It’s not the first time the city has tried to hold financial backers responsible for poor conditions and the loss of affordable housing, but advocates are encouraged by at least…

ByAbigail Savitch-Lew 1Comment

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Jul 2017

Housing and Homelessness

Boom and Bust Have Gone, But ‘Predatory Equity’ Remains a Housing Threat, Say Advocates

Before the recession, advocates sounded the alarm about big-time investors paying huge sums for buildings with rent-stabilized apartments and low-income tenants. The concern has returned.

ByAbigail Savitch-Lew

ByAmelia Spittal 1Comment

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Jun 2017

Housing and Homelessness

Rent Guidelines Board Approves Rent Hikes for First Time Since ’14

The 1.25 percent hike in one-year leases was too much to please tenants and not enough to cheer landlords.

ByJarrett Murphy 0Comments

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Jun 2017

Housing and Homelessness

Public Advocate Pushes for More Leniency in Housing Lottery

Though the De Blasio administration has taken steps to reduce barriers to the affordable housing lottery, a report by the public advocate argues that reforms must go farther.

ByAbigail Savitch-Lew 1Comment

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May 2017

Opinion

CityViews: City Must Address the Reality of Tenant Displacement

‘The Jerome Avenue rezoning would give landlords increased financial incentive to utilize the displacement tactics already at their disposal.’

ByCarmen Vega-Rivera

ByErin Markman 0Comments

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Feb 2017

Housing and Homelessness

Building Linked to Rat Disease Had Shown Improvement After City Action

750 Grand Concourse, the Bronx property linked to one of three recent cases of a bacterial infection blamed on rat urine, cut its number of housing-code violations by two thirds…

ByJarrett Murphy 0Comments

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Dec 2016

Housing and Homelessness

Call for Halt to Aggressive Real-Estate Tactics in East New York

Elected officials and community groups—some of whom blame the recent rezoning for what they say is an uptick in harassment of homeowners and renters—want the area declared a ‘cease and…

ByAbigail Savitch-Lew 4Comments

CityViews: How New York Pays for Albany’s Weak Rent Laws

CityViews: Will the Council Finally Act on Strong Protections for Small Businesses?

CityViews: NYC Needs Real Deterrents to Stop Tenant Harassment

Public Advocate: You’re A Bad Bank if You Fund the Worst Landlords

Boom and Bust Have Gone, But ‘Predatory Equity’ Remains a Housing Threat, Say Advocates

Rent Guidelines Board Approves Rent Hikes for First Time Since ’14

Public Advocate Pushes for More Leniency in Housing Lottery

CityViews: City Must Address the Reality of Tenant Displacement

Building Linked to Rat Disease Had Shown Improvement After City Action

Call for Halt to Aggressive Real-Estate Tactics in East New York

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