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The Rent Guidelines Board pushed the mayor’s rent freeze promise forward Thursday night, advancing a preliminary range of rent levels that includes no increase for the city’s rent stabilized tenants.…

ByPatrick Spauster 0Comments

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May 2026

Government Homelessness Housing and Homelessness Housing Calendar Land Use and Development NYCHA Resources

NYC Housing Calendar, May 5-11

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

ByJeanmarie Evelly 0Comments

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Apr 2026

Government Housing and Homelessness Land Use and Development Opinion

Opinion: Most Empty Rent-Stabilized Apartments Don’t Need a Lot to be Habitable

“We need homes available to New Yorkers, not pretexts for giving landlords higher rents.”

BySue Susman 2Comments

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Mar 2026

Featured Government Housing and Homelessness Land Use and Development Politics Resources

‘Rent Freeze’ Is The Elephant In The Room as Rent Guidelines Board Kicks Off, And What Else Happened This Week in Housing

A report from the Rent Guidelines Board, which sets allowable rent increases for stabilized units in the city, showed that landlord net income was up—but not as much as last…

ByJeanmarie Evelly

ByPatrick Spauster 1Comment

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Jan 2026

Government Homelessness Housing and Homelessness Land Use and Development NYCHA Politics Resources

Judge Blocks Mamdani’s Bid to Delay Pinnacle Sale, and What Else Happened in Housing This Week

A bankruptcy judge denied a motion from the Mamdani administration to delay an auction of 5,000 rent stabilized units tenants hoped to preserve, in an early blow to the mayor’s…

ByJeanmarie Evelly

ByPatrick Spauster 3Comments

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Dec 2025

2025 Elections Government Housing and Homelessness Opinion Politics

Opinion: By the Numbers, a Rent Freeze Is Warranted

“To be sure, a small (and often overstated) segment of rent stabilized buildings face real financial distress. Adding to the rent burdens of a million households to save these outliers…

ByTimothy Collins

BySamuel Stein 9Comments

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Dec 2025

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

Opinion: On Affordable Housing, Mamdani Must Pair Speed With Stability

“Voters have endorsed efforts to make development more efficient. But streamlining alone will not help solve the housing crisis if the city’s agencies lack the resources to implement these reforms,…

ByValerie White

ByChristine R. O’Connell 0Comments

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Dec 2025

Featured Government Housing and Homelessness Land Use and Development News Profiles

These East Harlem Tenants Staged a Rent Strike—And Won

Tenants in five East Harlem buildings won half a million dollars in back rent and repairs, in a settlement with their landlord over poor housing conditions. They now hope other…

ByPatrick Spauster 4Comments

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Nov 2025

Government Housing and Homelessness Land Use and Development Resources

Pinnacle Tenants Demand City Intervene to Save Their Homes, And What Else Happened This Week in Housing

After the Pinnacle Group sent 93 of its buildings into a bankruptcy auction, tenants are calling on the city to responsibly steward their properties to a new owner.

ByJeanmarie Evelly

ByPatrick Spauster 10Comments

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Nov 2025

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

‘Ready to Freeze the Rent’: Housing Groups React to Mamdani’s Mayoral Win

Advocates hailed Zohran Mamdani’s victory as a win for rent-burdened tenants, while building owner groups decried his proposed rent freeze as a threat to the city’s stabilized housing stock.

ByJeanmarie Evelly 15Comments

Rent Guidelines Board Takes Step Toward A Rent Freeze

NYC Housing Calendar, May 5-11

Opinion: Most Empty Rent-Stabilized Apartments Don’t Need a Lot to be Habitable

‘Rent Freeze’ Is The Elephant In The Room as Rent Guidelines Board Kicks Off, And What Else Happened This Week in Housing

Judge Blocks Mamdani’s Bid to Delay Pinnacle Sale, and What Else Happened in Housing This Week

Opinion: By the Numbers, a Rent Freeze Is Warranted

Opinion: On Affordable Housing, Mamdani Must Pair Speed With Stability

These East Harlem Tenants Staged a Rent Strike—And Won

Pinnacle Tenants Demand City Intervene to Save Their Homes, And What Else Happened This Week in Housing

‘Ready to Freeze the Rent’: Housing Groups React to Mamdani’s Mayoral Win

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