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While Albany leaders failed to pass a comprehensive package of housing legislation this week, some advocates and high-ranking lawmakers have been working on a pair of bills they say could…

ByEmma Whitford 0Comments

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May 2023

Economy Government Housing and Homelessness Politics

NYC’s Stabilized Tenants Stare Down Further Rent Hikes, Recalling Bloomberg Era

The Rent Guidelines Board Tuesday voted in favor of rent hikes between 2 to 5 percent for a one-year lease and 4 to 7 percent for two-year leases. A final…

ByEmma Whitford 3Comments

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Nov 2022

Housing and Homelessness In Depth Investigations

Empty Rent-Stabilized Units in NYC Decreased This Year, as ‘Warehousing’ Debate Rages

The latest vacancy data now mirrors pre-COVID figures following a “pandemic-height outlier,” according to New York State’s affordable housing agency. The number of empty apartments also matches the vacancy rate…

ByDavid Brand 8Comments

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Sep 2021

Housing and Homelessness Justice

Bronx Tenants Still Locked Out of Homes 18 Months After Fire

Tenants say they fear the property owners are waging a war of attrition, waiting the renters out until they give up, move on and forfeit the rent-regulated apartments.

ByDavid Brand 0Comments

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Apr 2014

Housing and Homelessness

NYC's Housing Crunch is Part of National Crisis

A new report finds renters are being priced out of housing across the country—not because of a lack of supply, but because of the inadequacy of our incomes.

ByJarrett Murphy 0Comments

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Jan 2014

Housing and Homelessness Opinion

Arguments Against Rent Regs are Vacant of Facts

Some say New York could relieve high rents by removing rent regulations. And other people say the world is flat.

ByPeter Moskos 0Comments

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Nov 2012

Housing and Homelessness

Reeling Before the Storm, Rockaways Complex Eyes Rescue

Ocean Village lost power after Sandy. But danger and deprivation were nothing new to its 1,000-plus residents, who hope a new owner and $110 million in public financing change the…

ByHella Winston 0Comments

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Nov 2011

Housing and Homelessness

Affordable Housing 'Maze' Confronts Would-Be Tenants

The city is in the midst of an historic plan to build affordable housing. But people who want to live in those low-income units face enormous difficulty finding and applying…