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The Rent Guidelines Board pushed the mayor’s rent freeze promise forward Thursday night, advancing a preliminary range of rent levels that includes no increase for the city’s rent stabilized tenants.…

ByPatrick Spauster 0Comments

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Apr 2026

Economy Government Housing and Homelessness Land Use and Development Opinion Politics

Opinion: Property Tax Hikes Would Break Homeowners of Color Like Me. Let Mamdani Tax The Rich.

“The actual solution to the city’s budget crisis is for Gov. Kathy Hochul to finally make our ever-increasing population of billionaires and millionaires pay what they owe in taxes.”

ByJean Sassine 1Comment

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Apr 2026

Featured Government Hear Our Voices Podcast Homelessness Housing and Homelessness Podcasts

‘Hear Our Voices’ Podcast: Former Council Speaker Quinn on Mamdani’s Rental Voucher Reversal

“The best way for people to move out of shelter is to have a voucher,” said Christine Quinn, head of the family shelter provider WIN. “It also is economically better…

ByJeanmarie Evelly 0Comments

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Apr 2026

Climate and Environment Featured Government Housing and Homelessness Land Use and Development NYCHA

Thousands More NYCHA Apartments to Get Heat Pumps and Electric Stoves, As Mamdani Sets New Sustainability Targets

On Earth Day, the mayor will lay out a commitment to adding energy efficient heating systems, modern induction stoves, and electric vehicle charging at NYCHA campuses over the next five…

ByPatrick Spauster 0Comments

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Apr 2026

Featured Government Homelessness Housing and Homelessness Land Use and Development NYCHA Politics

100 Days In, Mamdani’s Housing Chief Says City Hall Will Stand Up for Tenants—And Work With Real Estate

“I reject the premise that us going after bad landlords is the same thing as not working with the real estate industry. They are two different things,” said Deputy Mayor…

ByPatrick Spauster 1Comment

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Mar 2026

Featured Government Homelessness Housing and Homelessness Politics

Unable to Reach Deal Before Court Deadline, Mamdani Appeals in Rental Voucher Expansion Case

The Mamdani administration is appealing a court decision compelling the city to expand the CityFHEPS rental assistance program—a suit he said he’d drop—after negotiations with advocates and City Council leaders…

ByPatrick Spauster 3Comments

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Mar 2026

Featured Government Homelessness Housing and Homelessness NYCHA Politics

Mamdani Sits Down With Tenants at Bronx ‘Rental Ripoff’ Hearing, And What Else Happened This Week in Housing

“These are conversations that will deliver dignity to New Yorkers by getting those leaks fixed, by restoring that heat, by putting an end to the kinds of unaffordable fees that…

ByPatrick Spauster

ByJeanmarie Evelly 3Comments

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Feb 2026

Featured Government Housing and Homelessness Land Use and Development Politics Resources

The Future of Sunnyside Yards, And What Else Happened This Week in Housing

Mayor Zohran Mamdani met with Donald Trump during a surprise visit to the White House Thursday, where he pitched the president on funding the development of 12,000 new apartments —…

ByJeanmarie Evelly

ByPatrick Spauster 3Comments

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Feb 2026

Featured Government Housing and Homelessness NYCHA Politics

Tenants Decry Bad Landlords at First Ever ‘Rental Ripoff’ Hearing In Brooklyn

At Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s first public hearing for renters, attendees bemoaned slow repairs, a frustrating 311 system, and unresponsive landlords. Some NYCHA tenants, meanwhile, felt slighted by the event, which…

ByPatrick Spauster 2Comments

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Feb 2026

Featured Government Homelessness Housing and Homelessness Land Use and Development NYCHA Politics Resources

Mamdani’s Approach to Homeless Sweeps, And What Else Happened This Week in Housing

Mamdani said his administration will handle public encampments differently from Mayor Eric Adams, with extra emphasis on engaging street homeless individuals to direct them to services and housing. But advocates…

ByPatrick Spauster

ByJeanmarie Evelly 2Comments

Rent Guidelines Board Takes Step Toward A Rent Freeze

Opinion: Property Tax Hikes Would Break Homeowners of Color Like Me. Let Mamdani Tax The Rich.

‘Hear Our Voices’ Podcast: Former Council Speaker Quinn on Mamdani’s Rental Voucher Reversal

Thousands More NYCHA Apartments to Get Heat Pumps and Electric Stoves, As Mamdani Sets New Sustainability Targets

100 Days In, Mamdani’s Housing Chief Says City Hall Will Stand Up for Tenants—And Work With Real Estate

Unable to Reach Deal Before Court Deadline, Mamdani Appeals in Rental Voucher Expansion Case

Mamdani Sits Down With Tenants at Bronx ‘Rental Ripoff’ Hearing, And What Else Happened This Week in Housing

The Future of Sunnyside Yards, And What Else Happened This Week in Housing

Tenants Decry Bad Landlords at First Ever ‘Rental Ripoff’ Hearing In Brooklyn

Mamdani’s Approach to Homeless Sweeps, And What Else Happened This Week in Housing

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