Tenants Archives - Page 26 of 31

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Despite little outreach by the RGB, its 2014 hearings displayed a surge of tenant interest. The vote on a rent freeze will say as much about democracy, the author says,…

BySusanna Blankley 0Comments

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May 2014

Decade-Long Feud Over Bronx Buildings Erupts Anew

Tenant organizations and a group of companies linked to a key real-estate operator were back in court last week arguing over the aftermath of a 2005 defamation lawsuit.

ByJordan Moss 0Comments

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Apr 2014

Housing and Homelessness

Brooklyn Tenants Battle Gentrification on Many Fronts

You can debate whether gentrification is good or bad for neighborhoods. But it’s clear that many low-income tenants aren’t simply sitting and waiting to be pushed out of their homes.

ByIan Marsh 0Comments

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Apr 2014

Housing and Homelessness

Optimism on Massive Portfolio of Working-Class Housing

Advocates hoped a new owner would take on the troubled “three-borough pool.” But they welcome a deal with the state AG protecting tenants’ rights.

ByJarrett Murphy 0Comments

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Apr 2014

Housing and Homelessness

Woes Continue at One De Blasio Watch-List Building

Tenants are still suffering at a Bronx building that both the then-Public Advocate’s Worst Landlords List and the city’s Alternative Enforcement Program have had on their radar screens.

ByJordan Moss 1Comment

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Apr 2014

Housing and Homelessness

NYC's Housing Crunch is Part of National Crisis

A new report finds renters are being priced out of housing across the country—not because of a lack of supply, but because of the inadequacy of our incomes.

ByJarrett Murphy 0Comments

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Mar 2014

Housing and Homelessness

NBC Keeps the Heat on Brooklyn Landlord

The man in the elevator said he didn’t know anything about the buildings where tenants’ rooms had been left in shambles. Turns out he owned them.

ByJarrett Murphy 0Comments

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Mar 2014

Housing and Homelessness

Tenants Form Union to Fight Gentrification

In the struggle to hold on to their places in neighborhoods where rents are rising rapidly, a group in Crown Heights is hoping there’s strength in numbers.

ByIan Marsh 0Comments

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Feb 2014

Housing and Homelessness Investigations

New Push For Banks to Monitor Building Conditions

For decades housing advocates have hounded negligent property owners. Now there’s increasing focus on the lenders who permit them to buy other peoples’ homes.