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The building at 159 Suydam Street illustrates the difficulties involved in applying tenant-protection policies to certain kinds of buildings with a certain sort of landlord.

ByJarrett Murphy 0Comments

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Jan 2016

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CityViews:
Housing Plan Misses the Big Question of How We Got into this Mess in the First Place

Why is the plan to build 200,000 units meeting opposition? Perhaps because that goal fails to address deeper inequalities behind the affordability crisis—or lend itself to simpler, more elegant solutions…

ByGregory Jost 2Comments

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Dec 2015

Housing and Homelessness

Tenants Allege Landlord Flouts Rules, But Still Gets Tax Break

The state and city have cracked down on a number of landlords who get 421-a tax benefits but don’t follow rent-regulation rules. But some reports indicate a wider problem—one that…

ByGenia Gould 2Comments

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Nov 2015

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Worst Landlord List: When Shame Loses its Sting

It’s great to know who the lousy property owners are. But people who fail to provide heat, neglect lead paint or look the other way for rats and roaches are…

ByJarrett Murphy 0Comments

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Oct 2015

Housing and Homelessness Video

Development Spurs Tenant Harassment in Bronx, Groups Say

Community organizations in the Bronx say residential and commercial tenants in areas around the Kinsgbridge Armory and the proposed Jerome Avenue rezoning are seeing higher rents and more harassment.

ByMarc Bussanich 0Comments

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Aug 2015

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Background to the Council’s Three Tenant Buyout Bills

More on the three measures designed to protect tenants from aggressive buyout schemes.

ByJarrett Murphy 2Comments

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Jun 2015

Housing and Homelessness

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

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.

ByJillian Jonas 0Comments

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Jun 2015

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An Organizer Speaks: Why We’re Calling Up a Tenants’ Army

A veteran Williamsburg organizer explains the reasoning behind a new organization being formed to resist displacement and, she says, defend renters of all stripes.

ByDebra Medina 1Comment

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Jun 2015

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Cuomo’s Power Tested on Rent Regulations

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…

ByJillian Jonas 5Comments

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Jun 2015

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10 Days and Ticking: Your Rent Regulations Cheat Sheet

The housing-policy perfect storm that was visible on the radar months ago has arrived right on time: 10 days from the deadline for the state to renew rent regulations and…

ByJarrett Murphy 2Comments

Will Court Seize Control of this Troubled Brooklyn Building?

CityViews:
Housing Plan Misses the Big Question of How We Got into this Mess in the First Place

Tenants Allege Landlord Flouts Rules, But Still Gets Tax Break

Worst Landlord List: When Shame Loses its Sting

Development Spurs Tenant Harassment in Bronx, Groups Say

Background to the Council’s Three Tenant Buyout Bills

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

An Organizer Speaks: Why We’re Calling Up a Tenants’ Army

Cuomo’s Power Tested on Rent Regulations

10 Days and Ticking: Your Rent Regulations Cheat Sheet

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