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“An estimated 158,214 households are eligible for SCRIE or DRIE—but only 67,132 are currently enrolled. That means nearly 57.6 percent of tenants who could be protected may still face avoidable…

ByJasmin Batista

ByRobin Lee 3Comments

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May 2025

Government Housing and Homelessness Land Use and Development Politics

After Revote, Rent Guidelines Board Considers Lower Range of Hikes on 2-Year Leases

The board, which votes each year on rent changes for New York City’s nearly 1 million regulated apartments, is now considering an increase between 3.75 (down from 4.75) to 7.75…

ByJeanmarie Evelly 10Comments

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Mar 2025

Government Housing and Homelessness Land Use and Development Opinion

Opinion: A Common-Sense Solution to New York City’s Affordable Housing Crisis

“Unlike many housing programs that depend on uncertain federal funding, the Affordable Housing Retention Act is a state-level solution that ensures lasting affordability.”

BySabrina Lippman 2Comments

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Dec 2024

Government Housing and Homelessness Land Use and Development NYCHA Opinion

Opinion: How Can New York Be a City of ‘Yes, And?’

“While revised zoning enables new structures, what other structures can we put in place to ensure that rising developments aren’t accompanied by still-rising rents?”

ByJumaane Williams 0Comments

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Jul 2024

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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Jul 2024

Government Housing and Homelessness Land Use and Development Opinion Politics

Opinion: Mayor’s City of Yes is Really a ‘City of Cake’

“If Mayor Adams is serious about addressing the affordability crisis, he should direct his city agencies to use planning tools to slow land speculation, tax warehoused property and pied-à-terres, and…

ByTom Angotti

ByJenny Dubnau

ByMemo Salazar 1Comment

12

Jun 2024

Housing and Homelessness News

NYC Council Asks: Who Should Pay the Broker Fee?

Hundreds of tenants and brokers descended on City Hall Wednesday to debate legislation that would stop landlords from passing broker fees on to tenants.

ByEmma Whitford 0Comments

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Mar 2024

Government Housing and Homelessness Politics

Tenant Advocates Descend on Albany, Refusing to Let ‘Good Cause’ Be Evicted from the Conversation

As elected officials attempt to hammer out a housing deal before the state’s budget deadline at the end of the month, advocates want lawmakers to know they’re still fighting for…

ByChris Janaro 0Comments

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Dec 2023

Economy Government Housing and Homelessness Opinion

Opinion: Universal Housing Vouchers are Key to Ending a National Crisis

“Fully funding Section 8 to establish a Universal Housing Voucher program will clear the way to reduce spending on everything from health care to food security, and set a course…

ByRafael E. Cestero 0Comments

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May 2023

Economy Government Housing and Homelessness Opinion

Opinion: How Media Reports Got it Wrong on Rent Guidelines Board ‘Increases’

“The result of the latest reporting only serves to reinforce an unequal economic standing between landlords and tenants. Through its limited scope, this reporting causes unnecessary panic, potential demoralization, and…

ByAvi Garelick

ByAndrew Schustek 0Comments

Opinion: As Rents Rise Again, Too Many Seniors Don’t Know They Can Freeze Theirs