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The Supreme Court’s recent decision could turn the Meatpacking District into the Heat-packing District by allowing an untold number of New Yorkers to carry guns outside their homes. But what…

ByDavid Brand 7Comments

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Jun 2022

Economy Government Housing and Homelessness

NYC’s Rent Board Votes for Biggest Increase Since Bloomberg Administration

The nine-member Rent Guidelines Board (RGB) voted Tuesday to raise rents by 3.25 percent on one-year leases and by 5 percent on two-year leases, the highest increase for rent-stabilized…

ByDavid Brand 2Comments

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Jun 2022

Economy Government Housing and Homelessness Justice Podcasts

City Watch: Reckoning With New York City’s Affordable Housing Crunch

Non-profit developers and tenants rights advocates have also been sounding the alarm on the need to create more income-restricted apartments across the five boroughs and to keep existing renters stably…

ByDavid Brand 1Comment

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May 2022

Economy Government Housing and Homelessness Opinion

Opinion: Corporate Landlords Are Taking Over NYC—The Numbers Don’t Lie

Corporations exist to make profit. In the housing context, corporate landlords extract as much profit from their investments as possible. The results are rent increases, cost-cutting on building maintenance, reductions…

BySateesh Nori 1Comment

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May 2022

Economy Government Housing and Homelessness

NYC Aims to Restaff Wiped-Out Housing Discrimination Unit as Voucher Values Rise

The budget plan proposes moving six staffers from the Human Resources Administration to the Source of Income (SOI) discrimination unit at the Commission on Human Rights (CCHR), which had zero…

ByDavid Brand 5Comments

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May 2022

Climate and Environment Government Housing and Homelessness Justice

Building Owners File Lawsuit to Block Key NYC Climate Law

Local Law 97, passed in 2019, requires buildings to lower emissions beginning in 2024. Property owners who fail to comply will face penalties calculated based upon how much their buildings’…

ByLiz Donovan 0Comments

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May 2022

Economy Government Housing and Homelessness

NYC’s Rent Guidelines Board Votes for 2-4% Hikes for Stabilized Units. What Now?

The rate increases are lower than property owners have pushed for, citing rising costs. But tenants and housing advocates who’ve called for a rent freeze say the hike will worsen…

ByJeanmarie Evelly 9Comments

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Apr 2022

Government Housing and Homelessness

Council Housing Chair Proposes Steeper Fees for Building Owners With Repeat Heat Outages

Bronx Councilmember Pierina Sanchez introduced a bill Thursday that would more than double reinspection fees for landlords who accrue multiple hazard violations within a 12-month period.

ByDavid Brand 0Comments

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Apr 2022

Economy Government Housing and Homelessness Justice

NYC’s Long-Understaffed Voucher Discrimination Unit Now Has Zero Employees

Advocates say the limited enforcement undermines the effectiveness of the city’s own rental assistance vouchers, putting New Yorkers at risk of homelessness or extending the amount of time they remain…

ByDavid Brand 3Comments

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Apr 2022

Government Housing and Homelessness

Adams Taps Landlord Lawyer and Stabilization Skeptic to Rent Board, with Tenant Seat Still Empty

Attorney Christina Smyth will serve as one of the board’s two landlord representatives, while New York University Stern business school professor Arpit Gupta, a fellow at the conservative Manhattan Institute,…

ByDavid Brand 5Comments

No Loud Music. No Smoking. No Guns. Can NYC Landlords Ban Firearms?

NYC’s Rent Board Votes for Biggest Increase Since Bloomberg Administration

City Watch: Reckoning With New York City’s Affordable Housing Crunch

Opinion: Corporate Landlords Are Taking Over NYC—The Numbers Don’t Lie

NYC Aims to Restaff Wiped-Out Housing Discrimination Unit as Voucher Values Rise

Building Owners File Lawsuit to Block Key NYC Climate Law

NYC’s Rent Guidelines Board Votes for 2-4% Hikes for Stabilized Units. What Now?

Council Housing Chair Proposes Steeper Fees for Building Owners With Repeat Heat Outages

NYC’s Long-Understaffed Voucher Discrimination Unit Now Has Zero Employees

Adams Taps Landlord Lawyer and Stabilization Skeptic to Rent Board, with Tenant Seat Still Empty

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