After apartheid, many Blacks left South Africa’s townships in a search for a better life in the big city. Now they see government, landlords and private-security firms banding together to…
Councilmember Ydanis Rodriguez’s community meeting on Sunday came midway through the public review procedure through which the Inwood rezoning will be approved or disproved.
‘Stronger rent laws will not only protect tenants and preserve regulated apartments in Stuyvesant Town-Peter Cooper Village and beyond; they will also allow the city’s to target critical preservation resources…
We support the Certificate of No Harassment legislation because we believe it will help prevent other tenants from going through the experiences we’ve had.
‘New York will bear the brunt of President Trump’s attack on federal housing funding because so many neighborhoods across the city rely on HUD programs for their survival.’
Before the recession, advocates sounded the alarm about big-time investors paying huge sums for buildings with rent-stabilized apartments and low-income tenants. The concern has returned.
Though the De Blasio administration has taken steps to reduce barriers to the affordable housing lottery, a report by the public advocate argues that reforms must go farther.
