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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

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

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Nov 2021

Government Housing and Homelessness

NYC’s New Housing Voucher Rules Will Drastically Expand Income Eligibility for Renewals

A new rule for CityFHEPS rental assistance vouchers greatly increases the eligibility income for renewal—a response to criticism that the previous, stricter criteria would force participants to the edge of…

ByDavid Brand 106Comments

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Jun 2021

Economy Housing and Homelessness

NYC Rent Guidelines Board Sets Mid-Year Rate Hike for Stabilized Tenants

The board voted to freeze existing rents for six months before increasing rates for the remaining half of the year, what some members described as a compromise between what tenants…

ByDavid Brand 0Comments

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May 2021

Housing and Homelessness

¿Cómo funcionará el programa para solicitar ayuda de alquiler en Nueva York?

Todavía no está claro cuándo se abrirá a los solicitantes el último programa de ayuda al alquiler COVID-19 del estado, aunque los funcionarios esperan que se ponga en marcha a…

ByDavid Brand 0Comments

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Oct 2019

Housing and Homelessness

There Was a Dramatic Rewriting of the Rent Laws. What’s the Impact Been?

Is reality matching those predictions? Is it too early to tell? Have government agencies caught up with the dramatic reorientation of rent policies that the legislature approved?

ByCity Limits 5Comments

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Aug 2019

Opinion

Opinion: In Wake of Tenant Victory, Landlord Myths Abound

‘Unfortunately, little editorial space has been given to the important task of dispelling the toxic myths behind landlords’ recurring arguments about the impact of rent regulation reforms.’

ByKyle Giller

ByAlex Berger 4Comments

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Jun 2019

Housing and Homelessness

Passing Rent Reform Was One Thing. Now it Has to be Enforced.

Sweeping rent reforms are now law. Exactly how the letter of that legislation translates into reality will depend in large part on how the state’s Division of Homes and Community…

ByJarrett Murphy 2Comments

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Jun 2019

Government NYCHA Podcasts

Max & Murphy: Eric Adams Says Speaker & Comptroller Are Both Wrong on Campaign Finance

The beep weighed in on the beef between two of his likely 2021 rivals and also talked about borough jails, NYCHA develpment and the Queens DA’s race. Plus, a look…

ByJarrett Murphy 0Comments

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Jun 2019

Housing and Homelessness

Sweeping Deal on Rent Regulations Shifts Power to Tenants Across NYS

Everyone from rent-stabilized renters to rent-controlled tenants to people who live in mobile-home parks would be affected by the reforms, which now await action by Gov. Cuomo.

ByJarrett Murphy 9Comments

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

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

NYC Rent Guidelines Board Sets Mid-Year Rate Hike for Stabilized Tenants

¿Cómo funcionará el programa para solicitar ayuda de alquiler en Nueva York?

There Was a Dramatic Rewriting of the Rent Laws. What’s the Impact Been?

Opinion: In Wake of Tenant Victory, Landlord Myths Abound

Passing Rent Reform Was One Thing. Now it Has to be Enforced.

Max & Murphy: Eric Adams Says Speaker & Comptroller Are Both Wrong on Campaign Finance

Sweeping Deal on Rent Regulations Shifts Power to Tenants Across NYS

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