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“It’s not a how-to guide, but hopefully by the end of it, people will walk away feeling like they know what they’re up against, and they’re ready to keep fighting,”…

ByPatrick Spauster 1Comment

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Aug 2026

Featured Government Health Housing and Homelessness In Depth Investigations Justice Land Use and Development

Jail Time Didn’t Stop The ‘Poster Child’ of Bad Landlords. What Will?

Tenants in buildings owned by one of New York’s most notorious landlords have suffered for years. Could Zohran Mamdani’s new housing plan, which pledges to beef up the city’s capacity…

ByCasey Wetherbee 0Comments

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Aug 2026

Government Housing and Homelessness Housing Calendar NYCHA Resources

Dates Dropped for City’s Next ‘NYCHA in Your Neighborhood’ Events This Fall

Building on three earlier forums held this spring, the events are a chance for public housing residents to tell officials their concerns directly, City Hall said.

BySunny Nagpaul 0Comments

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Jul 2026

Featured Government Homelessness Housing and Homelessness Justice Land Use and Development

Bronx Tenants Are Suing to Get Their Landlords Out. Under Mamdani’s ‘Fix the City’ Plan, More Could Get the Boot.

The group’s lawyers are using a rare tactic, called 7A—which the Mamdani administration has endorsed—to sideline negligent landlords and compel repairs. Transferring management is a drastic step, but tenants say…

ByCasey Wetherbee 3Comments

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Jul 2026

Government Health Housing and Homelessness

In Brooklyn Heights, Tenants Say They’re Fed Up With Harassment From Debtor Landlord

Rent-stabilized tenants at the historic Riverside Houses in Brooklyn Heights say years of neglect by their landlord, Pinnacle Group, has led to crumbling ceilings, brown water, and repeated pest infestations.

ByCasey Wetherbee 0Comments

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Jul 2026

Featured Government Housing and Homelessness

3 Takeaways From the Mamdani Administration’s First Rental Ripoff Report

The report provides a roadmap for how the Mamdani administration plans to strengthen enforcement, improve housing quality and make the market fairer, officials said.

ByCasey Wetherbee 1Comment

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Jun 2026

2025 Elections Government Housing and Homelessness Politics

PHOTOS: Scenes From The Rent Guidelines Board’s Historic Vote

The board took the unprecedented step of freezing rents on both one- and two-year lease renewals, fulfilling one of new Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s key campaign promises.

ByJeanmarie Evelly

ByAdi Talwar 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

Featured Government Homelessness Housing and Homelessness Land Use and Development Politics

Meet Manhattan’s New Director For Tenant Organizing, And What Else Happened This Week in Housing

Manhattan Borough President Brad Hoylman-Sigal is hiring a full time organizer to create a borough-wide tenant union, continuing a trend of city government supporting tenant groups.

ByPatrick Spauster

ByJeanmarie Evelly 0Comments

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Jun 2026

Economy Government Housing and Homelessness Opinion

Opinion: The Economic Case for a Rent Freeze

“The economic data shows that holding rents steady for one year—or even four—will not substantially disrupt the city budget nor the housing stock.”

ByEmily Eisner 0Comments

Can NYC Have A Right To Housing?

Jail Time Didn’t Stop The ‘Poster Child’ of Bad Landlords. What Will?

Dates Dropped for City’s Next ‘NYCHA in Your Neighborhood’ Events This Fall

Bronx Tenants Are Suing to Get Their Landlords Out. Under Mamdani’s ‘Fix the City’ Plan, More Could Get the Boot.

In Brooklyn Heights, Tenants Say They’re Fed Up With Harassment From Debtor Landlord

3 Takeaways From the Mamdani Administration’s First Rental Ripoff Report

PHOTOS: Scenes From The Rent Guidelines Board’s Historic Vote

Mamdani Gets His Rent Freeze

Meet Manhattan’s New Director For Tenant Organizing, And What Else Happened This Week in Housing

Opinion: The Economic Case for a Rent Freeze

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