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The Rent Guidelines Board pushed the mayor’s rent freeze promise forward Thursday night, advancing a preliminary range of rent levels that includes no increase for the city’s rent stabilized tenants.…

ByPatrick Spauster 0Comments

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May 2026

Government Homelessness Housing and Homelessness NYCHA Resources

The Mayor Wants You at This Year’s Rent Board Hearings, And What Else Happened This Week in Housing

Mamdani’s Office of Mass Engagement will be knocking on doors this spring, urging New Yorkers to testify at upcoming Rent Guideline Board hearings. The board will vote in June on…

ByJeanmarie Evelly 0Comments

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Apr 2026

Featured Government Homelessness Housing and Homelessness Land Use and Development NYCHA Politics

100 Days In, Mamdani’s Housing Chief Says City Hall Will Stand Up for Tenants—And Work With Real Estate

“I reject the premise that us going after bad landlords is the same thing as not working with the real estate industry. They are two different things,” said Deputy Mayor…

ByPatrick Spauster 1Comment

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Mar 2026

Featured Government Housing and Homelessness Land Use and Development Politics Resources

‘Rent Freeze’ Is The Elephant In The Room as Rent Guidelines Board Kicks Off, And What Else Happened This Week in Housing

A report from the Rent Guidelines Board, which sets allowable rent increases for stabilized units in the city, showed that landlord net income was up—but not as much as last…

ByJeanmarie Evelly

ByPatrick Spauster 1Comment

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Feb 2026

Featured Government Health Housing and Homelessness

Hochul Wants to Expand Rent Freezes for Senior & Disabled New Yorkers. Can the State Get Them to Sign Up?

Gov. Hochul has proposed expanding an initiative that freezes rent for senior and disabled tenants in exchange for property tax relief. But the program has a low uptake rate, and…

ByPatrick Spauster 1Comment

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Jan 2026

Featured Government Homelessness Housing and Homelessness Profiles

Meet New York State’s New Top Tenant Advocate

“What was so powerful about the rent freeze campaign is that we reached scale in New York City,” said Sumathy Kumar, the new director for Housing Justice for All and…

ByPatrick Spauster 2Comments

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Jan 2026

Featured Government Housing and Homelessness Politics

Hochul Pledges to Combat Food Stamp Theft, Expand Rent Freeze Programs

In her annual State of the State address, the governor laid out dozens of proposals to “make life more affordable” for New Yorkers. She pledged to raise the income threshold…

ByJeanmarie Evelly 6Comments

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Dec 2025

2025 Elections Government Housing and Homelessness Opinion Politics

Opinion: By the Numbers, a Rent Freeze Is Warranted

“To be sure, a small (and often overstated) segment of rent stabilized buildings face real financial distress. Adding to the rent burdens of a million households to save these outliers…

ByTimothy Collins

BySamuel Stein 9Comments

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Nov 2025

Government Housing and Homelessness Opinion Resources

Opinion: As Rents Rise Again, Too Many Seniors Don’t Know They Can Freeze Theirs

“An estimated 158,214 households are eligible for SCRIE or DRIE—but only 67,132 are currently enrolled. That means nearly 57.6 percent of tenants who could be protected may still face avoidable…

ByJasmin Batista

ByRobin Lee 3Comments

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Nov 2025

2025 Elections Featured Government Housing and Homelessness Politics

As Mayor Adams Looks to Stack Rent Board, Tenant Groups Press Potential Appointees to ‘Refuse’

Outgoing Mayor Eric Adams is weighing new appointments to the Rent Guidelines Board in an effort to block Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani’s pledged rent freeze. But finding candidates willing to take…

ByJeanmarie Evelly

ByPatrick Spauster 7Comments

Rent Guidelines Board Takes Step Toward A Rent Freeze

The Mayor Wants You at This Year’s Rent Board Hearings, And What Else Happened This Week in Housing

100 Days In, Mamdani’s Housing Chief Says City Hall Will Stand Up for Tenants—And Work With Real Estate

‘Rent Freeze’ Is The Elephant In The Room as Rent Guidelines Board Kicks Off, And What Else Happened This Week in Housing

Hochul Wants to Expand Rent Freezes for Senior & Disabled New Yorkers. Can the State Get Them to Sign Up?

Meet New York State’s New Top Tenant Advocate

Hochul Pledges to Combat Food Stamp Theft, Expand Rent Freeze Programs

Opinion: By the Numbers, a Rent Freeze Is Warranted

Opinion: As Rents Rise Again, Too Many Seniors Don’t Know They Can Freeze Theirs

As Mayor Adams Looks to Stack Rent Board, Tenant Groups Press Potential Appointees to ‘Refuse’

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