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RGB Freezes Rents for Six Months
The RGB voted 5-4 to approve a six-month rent freeze for 1 year leases, with landlords able to raise rents by up to 1.5% for the second 6 months, and allowed increases of 2.5% for 2 year leases.
Legislature Produces Some Progressive Wins in 2021
A supermajority makes a difference A supermajority makes a difference. Last November’s election expanded the Democratic majority in the New….
Suburban Rent Boards Raise Rents
Westchester, Nassau, and Rockland counties voted for rent increases, allowing rent hikes ranging from 0.5 percent to 2 percent.
‘Evict Governor Perv’
Tenants protested on August 4 to express anger at the disgraced governor’s inept handling of the pandemic and rent relief, as well as his abuses of power.
Rent Relief, Taxes on Rich at Stake in Albany Budget Talks
Housing advocates have mounted a serious campaign in the last several months to pressure the state Legislature to raise taxes….
Todos los candidatos a la alcaldía se llaman ‘partidarios de los inquilinos’
Cuatro meses antes de la elección primaria demócrata del 22 de junio, en el Foro de la Alcaldía sobre los….
Mayoral Candidates All Call Themselves ‘Pro-Tenant’
Democratic primary candidates expressed a consensus that the next mayor needs to do more to address tenant issues.
SoHo/NoHo Upzoning: Another Rezoning for Displacement
Community advocates argue that the plan is a giveaway to commercial landlords that will not deliver on the residential diversity its proponents are promising.
Harassed South Bronx Tenants Picket Landlord’s Brooklyn Home
“We, the tenants of 387 East 138th Street in the South Bronx, demand that Sam Applegrad return Maricela Catalan and her family to their home. They were illegally evicted.”
Barberry Rose Tenants Unleash Rage on City’s ‘Second-Worst Landlord’
Tenants in a group of Upper Manhattan buildings owned by Barberry Rose Management Company demanded that the landlord make repairs and provide adequate heat and hot water, instead of trying to impose rent increases.
‘Follow the Damn Law’: Lawsuit Targets Landlords Illegally Refusing Vouchers
New York State and city human-rights laws prohibit landlords from refusing to rent to someone based on “source of income….
Prórroga estatal de desalojos da a los inquilinos un respiro de 4 meses
En una sesión de último momento antes de que límites temporales en desalojos vencieran a finales de 2020, el Estado….
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