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  • February 1997

Arts Center Fights Eviction

by Steven Wishnia Issue February 1997

In the latest battle between the Giuliani administration and the Lower East Side’s low-income artists, ABC No Rio-the arts and….

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  • January 1997

Los Republicanos Preparan Un Asalto A Las Leyes De Alquiler

by Steven Wishnia Issue January 1997

Las leyes de alquiler expirarán dentro de seis meses, y los republicanos se preparan en Albany para desatar un arsenal….

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  • December 1996

Republicans Prepare Assault on Rent Laws

by Steven Wishnia Issue December 1996

With New York State’s rent laws due to expire in six months, Republicans in Albany are preparing to unleash an….

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  • November 1996

Public-Housing “Reforms” Fail After Tenant Outcry

by Steven Wishnia Issue November 1996

A Republican effort to “reform” the nation’s public-housing system by allowing massive rent increases and deregulating local housing authorities has….

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  • November 1996

Protests Foil Two Art-Center Evictions; One Still Endangered

by Steven Wishnia Issue November 1996

Two nonprofit arts centers on the Lower East Side, Charas/El Bohio and Clemente Soto Velez, have turned back Giuliani administration….

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  • October 1996

300 Rally to Save Public Housing

by Steven Wishnia Issue October 1996

Bearing signs reading “Save Public Housing” and “Mayor Giuliani: Protect Tenants’ Rights — Or Else,” about 300 people marched from….

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  • October 1996

Doris Rosenblum, Longtime West Side Activist

by Steven Wishnia Issue October 1996

Doris Rosenblum, a longtime activist for affordable housing, health care, and education on the Upper West Side, died August 29….

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  • September 1996

Five Myths About Rent Controls

by Steven Wishnia Issue September 1996

Five claims about what is wrong with rent regulations dominate most discussion of the subject in the media. They are….

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  • September 1996

Inco mitos sobre los controles de renta

by Steven Wishnia Issue September 1996

Cinco afirmaciones sobre lo que es incorrecto con las regulaciones de la renta dominan la discusión de este asunto en….

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  • August 1996

“RUDY MUST GO!” Outraged Tenants Disrupt RGB Meeting

by Steven Wishnia Issue August 1996

They came from Morris Heights, Kew Gardens, and Chinatown; from City and Suburban Houses in Manhattan and Brightwater Towers in….

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  • August 1996

Assembly Looks Safe for Democrats No Need to Give in to Pataki, Says Study

by Steven Wishnia Issue August 1996

New York Democrats shouldn’t let fear of losing control of the state Assembly force them to yield to the Republican….

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  • June 1996

Rent Increase: Rudy’s RGB Stars in Off-Broadway Farce

by Steven Wishnia Issue June 1996

“Rudy, Don’t Raise Our RENTS,” read the signs tenants waved at the Rent Guidelines Board’s May 16 meeting. The letters….

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  • May 1996

Rudy’s Rent-Raiser Encounters with the RGB’s Decontrol Ideologue

by Steven Wishnia Issue May 1996

In his first year as a member of the Rent Guidelines Board, Giuliani appointee Paul Atanasiomade his mark as an….

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  • May 1996

Rudy’s Rent-Raiser Encounters with the RGB’s Decontrol Ideologue

by Steven Wishnia Issue May 1996

In his first year as a member of the Rent Guidelines Board, Giuliani appointee Paul Atanasiomade his mark as an….

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