rent stabilized housing Archives

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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 3Comments

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Sep 2025

Government Housing and Homelessness Land Use and Development Opinion

Opinion: NYC Needs More Than Tenant Protections—It Needs a Balanced Approach to Housing

“We absolutely should weed out exploitative landlords, but we also need policies that support responsible owners. Otherwise, small landlords give up, banks take over, and buildings end up owned by…

ByKelly Feili 0Comments

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Jul 2025

Economy Government Housing and Homelessness Land Use and Development Opinion

Opinion: The Urgency Of Preserving Low- And Moderate-Income Rent Stabilized Housing

"The combination of tightening rents and diminished safety net programs has precipitated a slow but accelerating deterioration of this 'naturally occurring' affordable housing." A rent-stabilized building in the Bronx. (Photo…

ByMichael Lappin 2Comments

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May 2025

Government Housing and Homelessness Land Use and Development Opinion

Opinion: Cancel NYC’s Unfair Tax Lien Sale

“The city sells the lien sale as a financial enforcement tool, but ignores the fact that it is a pipeline to the affordable housing crisis.”

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Government Housing and Homelessness In Depth Investigations

Kingston Made Rent Law History Two Years Ago. That Was the Easy Part.

For tenants in the first upstate city to adopt rent stabilization, benefiting from the law’s basic protections is an uphill battle.

ByEmma Whitford

BySam Mellins 1Comment

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Dec 2023

Government Housing and Homelessness Opinion

Opinion: Four Bills Awaiting Hochul’s Signature Would Ease NY’s Housing Crisis

“A crucial part of solving the housing crisis is retaining the rent-stabilized housing stock that exists. By signing S2980, S2943, S1684 and S995, Gov. Hochul would keep more rent stabilized…

BySue Susman

ByEdward Ratliff 1Comment

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Sep 2023

Government Housing and Homelessness Justice Politics

SCOTUS Will Soon Toss or Take Rent Stabilization Cases. Here’s What to Know.

The public will likely learn in October if challenges to rent stabilization—from landlords and trade groups including the Community Housing Improvement Program and Rent Stabilization Association—will proceed before the U.S.…

ByEmma Whitford 6Comments

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Jun 2023

Economy Government Housing and Homelessness Politics

Annual Vote Spells Further Rent Increases For NYC’s Stabilized Tenants

In an unusual twist, the two tenant-aligned members of the Rent Guidelines Board, tenant lawyer Adán Soltren and organizer Genesis Aquino, voted in favor of Wednesday’s increases—3 percent for a…

ByEmma Whitford 0Comments

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Jun 2023

Government Housing and Homelessness Justice Politics

Bills to Bolster NY’s Rent Stabilization Law Head To Governor’s Desk

Bills aimed at helping rent stabilized tenants dig deeper into their rent histories to challenge suspicious increases sailed through the State Assembly, capping off an anticlimactic year for housing policy…

ByEmma Whitford 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

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

Opinion: NYC Needs More Than Tenant Protections—It Needs a Balanced Approach to Housing

Opinion: The Urgency Of Preserving Low- And Moderate-Income Rent Stabilized Housing

Opinion: Cancel NYC’s Unfair Tax Lien Sale

Kingston Made Rent Law History Two Years Ago. That Was the Easy Part.

Opinion: Four Bills Awaiting Hochul’s Signature Would Ease NY’s Housing Crisis

SCOTUS Will Soon Toss or Take Rent Stabilization Cases. Here’s What to Know.

Annual Vote Spells Further Rent Increases For NYC’s Stabilized Tenants

Bills to Bolster NY’s Rent Stabilization Law Head To Governor’s Desk

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

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