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If the RGB is meant to protect tenants, its record is mixed at best. But the alternative, a city of free market rentals, would be much worse. How can this…

ByAndrew Schustek

ByAvi Garelick 0Comments

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Jun 2023

Government Housing and Homelessness Politics

Housing Events in NYC This Week: Rent Guidelines Board Final Vote

Housing and land use-related events taking place in the week ahead, as well as affordable housing lotteries that are ending soon.

ByJeanmarie Evelly 0Comments

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Jun 2023

Government Housing and Homelessness Politics

As State Housing Package Implodes, Two Tenant-Friendly Bills Still Simmering

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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May 2023

Economy Government Housing and Homelessness Opinion

Opinion: How Media Reports Got it Wrong on Rent Guidelines Board ‘Increases’

“The result of the latest reporting only serves to reinforce an unequal economic standing between landlords and tenants. Through its limited scope, this reporting causes unnecessary panic, potential demoralization, and…

ByAvi Garelick

ByAndrew Schustek 0Comments

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Apr 2023

Housing and Homelessness In Depth Justice

Harlem Tenant Threatened With Eviction Was Overcharged for Years Under Rent Rules, Court Docs Claim

Seventeen previously rent-stabilized apartments in Cristina Ramirez’s Harlem building haven’t been registered with the state since 2018. Her legal team says her case is illustrative of the need for greater…

ByDashiell Allen 3Comments

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Apr 2023

Government Housing and Homelessness Politics

City to Rehab ‘Chronically Vacant’ Rent-Stabilized Apartments for Tenants With Vouchers

The initiative will invest $10 million to repair stabilized units that have sat empty, and turn them over to tenants with rental assistance vouchers—what the administration described as a “creative…

ByJeanmarie Evelly 14Comments

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Apr 2023

Government Housing and Homelessness Justice

Developer Overcharged Brooklyn Tenants While Getting 421-a Tax Break, Lawsuit Claims

“We think we’ve identified over 1,500 421-a buildings that are out of compliance with the rent stabilization laws,” said Aaron Carr, executive director at watchdog group Housing Rights Initiative. “Whether…

ByEmma Whitford 0Comments

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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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Nov 2022

Opinion

Opinion: Close the Loophole Letting Landlords Displace Rent-Stabilized Tenants

“It is somewhat common for landlords to attempt to circumvent the legal approval process to alter rent-stabilized apartments by cutting out the middleman.”

ByEmily Eaton

ByEvan Henley 0Comments

Opinion: The Rent Guidelines Board Sucks. It Could be Great—Here’s How

Housing Events in NYC This Week: Rent Guidelines Board Final Vote

As State Housing Package Implodes, Two Tenant-Friendly Bills Still Simmering

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

Opinion: How Media Reports Got it Wrong on Rent Guidelines Board ‘Increases’

Harlem Tenant Threatened With Eviction Was Overcharged for Years Under Rent Rules, Court Docs Claim

City to Rehab ‘Chronically Vacant’ Rent-Stabilized Apartments for Tenants With Vouchers

Developer Overcharged Brooklyn Tenants While Getting 421-a Tax Break, Lawsuit Claims

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

Opinion: Close the Loophole Letting Landlords Displace Rent-Stabilized Tenants

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