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‘Stronger rent laws will not only protect tenants and preserve regulated apartments in Stuyvesant Town-Peter Cooper Village and beyond; they will also allow the city’s to target critical preservation resources…

ByOksana Mironova 0Comments

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Jan 2016

Uncategorized

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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Sep 2015

Housing and Homelessness Investigations

What’s in a Name? Tenants Accuse Shamco of Illegal Rent Hikes

The Brooklyn property owner is alleged to be employing the tactics to gentrify its buildings.

ByNeil deMause 2Comments

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Jun 2015

Government

Does Albany’s 2015 Ending Mean Progressive Window is Closed?

The failure to achieve substantial rent reform, a higher minimum wage and other priorities of the left make some wonder if a brief opening for progressive legislation has slammed shut.

ByJarrett Murphy 0Comments

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Jun 2015

Uncategorized

Tenant Groups Detest Rent Law Deal, Unions Praise 421-a Move

Mayor de Blasio saw hopes for permanent mayoral control of schools dashed at the state capitol, while tenant leaders decried Gov. Cuomo’s lack of action on their behalf.

ByJarrett Murphy 5Comments

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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

Uncategorized

Where is Jeff Klein in the Rent Regulations Debate?

Mayor de Blasio, Gov. Cuomo, Speaker Heastie and others have made their positions on rent regulations and 421-a known. Now we hear from the head of a breakaway Democratic faction.

ByJillian Jonas 5Comments

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Jun 2015

Uncategorized

Loss of 330,000 Affordable Apartments Seen

Advocates disputed media reports that efforts to reform 421-a and repeal vacancy decontrol—two priorities of Mayor de Blasio—were dead, as a report found a huge loss of affordable apartments from…

ByJillian Jonas 1Comment

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Jun 2015

Housing and Homelessness

Rent Regulation Affects Tenants Outside New York City

As tenants rallied in Albany to call for saving and strengthening rent regulations, one Asssembly member called for changes to assist the overlooked regulated tenants of three non-NYC counties.

ByJillian Jonas 5Comments

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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

CityViews: How New York Pays for Albany’s Weak Rent Laws

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

What’s in a Name? Tenants Accuse Shamco of Illegal Rent Hikes

Does Albany’s 2015 Ending Mean Progressive Window is Closed?

Tenant Groups Detest Rent Law Deal, Unions Praise 421-a Move

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

Where is Jeff Klein in the Rent Regulations Debate?

Loss of 330,000 Affordable Apartments Seen

Rent Regulation Affects Tenants Outside New York City

Cuomo’s Power Tested on Rent Regulations

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