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“Short-term rental income was, for many of these families, not a luxury. It was the margin between keeping the house and losing it. Local Law 18 closed that door, and…

ByAnnette Robinson 0Comments

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Jun 2026

Featured Government Homelessness Housing and Homelessness Politics

Mamdani Gets His Rent Freeze

Tenants erupted into cheers when the motion passed inside a packed Museo del Barrio in East Harlem. “I kept saying, just like the Knicks won the championship, let’s make history…

ByPatrick Spauster 0Comments

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Jun 2026

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

NYC Housing Calendar, June 22-29

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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Jun 2026

Featured Government Housing and Homelessness Justice

Pinnacle Tenants Bargain with New Owner Over Lingering Repair Issues—With Help From City Hall

The Mamdani administration claimed a partial victory when it got the new owner of 5,000 rent stabilized units to promise repairs and to clear housing code violations. It looks like…

ByPatrick Spauster 0Comments

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May 2026

Featured Government Homelessness Housing and Homelessness Land Use and Development

Rent Guidelines Board Takes Step Toward A Rent Freeze

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 3Comments

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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

Opinion: 57,000 Empty Apartments and Not a Word of Apology

Mamdani Gets His Rent Freeze

NYC Housing Calendar, June 22-29

Pinnacle Tenants Bargain with New Owner Over Lingering Repair Issues—With Help From City Hall

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

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