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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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May 2019

Housing and Homelessness

Most of the Rent Regulations Debate is Pretty Simple. Then There are MCIs.

MCIs can be used to effect necessary repairs on rent-stabilized buildings. And MCIs can be used to get around rent guidelines and permanently hike what tenants pay. In theory, at…

ByJarrett Murphy 1Comment

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May 2019

Housing and Homelessness

Tenants, Landlords Will Testify on New York’s Rent Laws

With the date for state rent laws to expire approaching, the Senate Majority announced Monday a series of public hearings will be held on rent regulation and tenant protection issues.

BySadef Ali Kully 1Comment

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Jan 2019

Housing and Homelessness

The Five ‘Myths’ of Rent Regulation in New York

Are rent regulated apartments occupied primarily by the wealthy? Do rent regulated tenants hoard their homes?

BySadef Ali Kully 0Comments

13

Dec 2018

Housing and Homelessness

Diaz Suggests Landlord Tax Break in Exchange for New Rent Curbs

Citing a need to address the looming problem of preferential rents without harming landlords who operate as small businesses, the Bronx borough president backs a law to prevent sudden rent…

ByJarrett Murphy 1Comment

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Aug 2018

Housing and Homelessness

Wash. Heights Tenants Wonder: Is the Problem the Leak, or the Landlord?

Water damage and mold are rampant in rent-stabilized apartments at the West 174th Street address. Tenants suspect an effort to get them out. The landlord insists it’s just a leak.

BySadef Ali Kully 3Comments

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Jul 2018

Opinion

CityViews: Squeeze on Regulated Rents Puts Vital Housing Source at Risk

‘We clearly understand their plight, but landlords should not be asked to shoulder the burden of income-challenged tenants. That’s government’s job.’

ByJoseph Strasburg 2Comments

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Jun 2018

Opinion

CityViews: Why I Voted for a New York City Rent Freeze

This week, the Rent Guidelines Board approved the biggest hike in one-year, rent-stabilized leases of the de Blasio era. Here’s how one Board member explained her ‘no’ vote.

ByLeah Goodridge 1Comment

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Apr 2018

Housing and Homelessness News

Call for Crackdown on ‘Rent Fraud’ in Rezoning Neighborhoods

Rent-stabilized tenants made a lot of policy wins last year, but advocates say there’s still more the state and city could do to fight rent overcharges in rent-stabilized apartments.

ByAbigail Savitch-Lew 3Comments

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Jun 2016

Government

Unsettled Housing Issues Dog End of Albany Session

Gov. Cuomo’s $20 billion housing plan remains undefined, 421-a is still dead and proposals to alter rent regulations or repeal a cap on building height look unlikely to move.

ByAbigail Savitch-Lew 0Comments

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

Most of the Rent Regulations Debate is Pretty Simple. Then There are MCIs.

Tenants, Landlords Will Testify on New York’s Rent Laws

The Five ‘Myths’ of Rent Regulation in New York

Diaz Suggests Landlord Tax Break in Exchange for New Rent Curbs

Wash. Heights Tenants Wonder: Is the Problem the Leak, or the Landlord?

CityViews: Squeeze on Regulated Rents Puts Vital Housing Source at Risk

CityViews: Why I Voted for a New York City Rent Freeze

Call for Crackdown on ‘Rent Fraud’ in Rezoning Neighborhoods

Unsettled Housing Issues Dog End of Albany Session

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