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The three candidates running for New York City mayor faced off in their first general election debate Thursday night. Here’s what they said about rents for stabilized tenants, building affordable…

ByJeanmarie Evelly

ByPatrick Spauster 4Comments

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Jun 2025

2025 Elections Featured Government Housing and Homelessness Land Use and Development Politics

Tenant Advocates Cheer Mamdani’s Primary Election Win

“Tenants are the majority in New York. Zohran Mamdani understands that and he gave us something to vote for,” Cea Weaver, director of the New York State Tenant Bloc, said…

ByJeanmarie Evelly 8Comments

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Jun 2025

Featured Government Housing and Homelessness

Does That Building Have Stabilized Apartments? It’ll Soon Be Easier to Know

The City Council’s just-passed “Rent Transparency Act” will require landlords of buildings with regulated units to display a sign in common areas disclosing that status. “Many tenants living in rent…

ByJeanmarie Evelly 7Comments

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May 2025

Government Housing and Homelessness Land Use and Development Resources

What Happened This Week in NYC Housing? May 23, 2025

Each Friday, City Limits rounds up the latest news on housing, land use and homelessness. Catch up on what you might have missed here. A voter registration drive at a…

ByJeanmarie Evelly 0Comments

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Feb 2025

Housing and Homelessness Resources

What Happened This Week in NYC Housing? Feb. 14, 2025

Each Friday, City Limits rounds up the latest news on housing, land use and homelessness. Catch up on what you might have missed here. Adi Talwar Poughkeepsie, New York. State…

ByJeanmarie Evelly 0Comments

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Feb 2025

Government Housing and Homelessness Politics

Bill Would Make it Easier for Places Outside NYC to Adopt Rent Stabilization

The legislation would expand the criteria for town and cities to show they’re experiencing a housing emergency. Under current rules, localities can only opt into rent regulation if they conduct…

ByJeanmarie Evelly 0Comments

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Jul 2024

Government Housing and Homelessness In Depth Investigations

Kingston Made Rent Law History Two Years Ago. That Was the Easy Part.

For tenants in the first upstate city to adopt rent stabilization, benefiting from the law’s basic protections is an uphill battle.

ByEmma Whitford

BySam Mellins 1Comment

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Jun 2024

Government Housing and Homelessness In Depth

City Moves to Resurrect Tax Breaks for Renovations, But Housing Stakeholders Are Split

The city’s lawmakers and housing agency seem poised to reintroduce and pass a more affordability-focused J-51 tax program to help fix up apartments—but some housing stakeholders are lukewarm on the…

ByChris Janaro 0Comments

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May 2024

Economy Government Housing and Homelessness

NYC Stabilized Tenants Face Another Round of Rent Hikes

In a swerve from precedent, the Rent Guidelines Board’s two tenant members dismissed Tuesday’s preliminary vote as a sham, casting a vote of no confidence in both the board and…

ByEmma Whitford 4Comments

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Apr 2024

Government Housing and Homelessness

‘We Don’t Want Anything Rolled Back’: Tenants Target REBNY as State Housing Talks Drag On

Protesters marched outside the Real Estate Board of New York’s Manhattan headquarters Thursday, while others blocked foot traffic in an act of civil disobedience. The NYPD arrested 13 people, including…

ByChris Janaro

ByEmma Whitford 0Comments

Mayoral Hopefuls Debate a Rent Freeze, And What Else Happened This Week in Housing

Tenant Advocates Cheer Mamdani’s Primary Election Win

Does That Building Have Stabilized Apartments? It’ll Soon Be Easier to Know

What Happened This Week in NYC Housing? May 23, 2025

What Happened This Week in NYC Housing? Feb. 14, 2025

Bill Would Make it Easier for Places Outside NYC to Adopt Rent Stabilization

Kingston Made Rent Law History Two Years Ago. That Was the Easy Part.

City Moves to Resurrect Tax Breaks for Renovations, But Housing Stakeholders Are Split

NYC Stabilized Tenants Face Another Round of Rent Hikes

‘We Don’t Want Anything Rolled Back’: Tenants Target REBNY as State Housing Talks Drag On

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