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“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

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Nov 2022

Housing and Homelessness

NYC Housing Calendar, Nov. 9-16

City Limits rounds up the latest housing and land use-related events, public hearings and upcoming affordable housing lotteries that are ending soon.

ByMariam Hydara 0Comments

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Oct 2022

Government Housing and Homelessness Justice

Landlords Inflated Rents While Receiving 421a Tax Breaks, Lawsuits Allege

The owners of three buildings in Manhattan, Brooklyn and Queens are accused in the suit of falsely registering initial rents with the state Division of Homes and Community Renewal (HCR)…

ByDavid Brand 1Comment

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Aug 2022

Economy Government Housing and Homelessness Opinion

Opinion: City’s Housing Shortage Demands an End to Apartment Warehousing

“Many homeless New Yorkers are working and could afford rent stabilized rents—yet landlords have been warehousing rent stabilized apartments.”

BySue Susman

ByPat Loftman

ByColin Kent-Daggett

ByEdward Ratliff 10Comments

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Aug 2022

Economy Government Housing and Homelessness

East New York Families in Limbo as Developer Plans High Rise to Replace Crumbling Housing Complex

Just six units remain occupied at the Arlington Village complex. Now, those who remain worry about what the owners’ plan to develop the site will mean for them. “What exists…

ByDavid Brand

ByGeorge Joseph, THE CITY 6Comments

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Jun 2022

Economy Government Housing and Homelessness

NYC’s Rent Board Votes for Biggest Increase Since Bloomberg Administration

The nine-member Rent Guidelines Board (RGB) voted Tuesday to raise rents by 3.25 percent on one-year leases and by 5 percent on two-year leases, the highest increase for rent-stabilized…

ByDavid Brand 2Comments

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May 2022

Economy Government Housing and Homelessness Politics

NYC’s Latest Vacancy Survey is Bad News for Affordable Apartment-Seekers

The number of available apartments for low- and middle- income New Yorkers reached a 30-year low in 2021, according to the results of a vacancy survey used to determine whether…

ByDavid Brand 0Comments

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May 2022

Economy Government Housing and Homelessness

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

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

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

NYC Housing Calendar, Nov. 9-16

Landlords Inflated Rents While Receiving 421a Tax Breaks, Lawsuits Allege

Opinion: City’s Housing Shortage Demands an End to Apartment Warehousing

East New York Families in Limbo as Developer Plans High Rise to Replace Crumbling Housing Complex

NYC’s Rent Board Votes for Biggest Increase Since Bloomberg Administration

NYC’s Latest Vacancy Survey is Bad News for Affordable Apartment-Seekers

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

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