A Republican effort to “reform” the nation’s public-housing system by allowing massive rent increases and deregulating local housing authorities has….
Steven Wishnia
Protests Foil Two Art-Center Evictions; One Still Endangered
Two nonprofit arts centers on the Lower East Side, Charas/El Bohio and Clemente Soto Velez, have turned back Giuliani administration….
300 Rally to Save Public Housing
Bearing signs reading “Save Public Housing” and “Mayor Giuliani: Protect Tenants’ Rights — Or Else,” about 300 people marched from….
Doris Rosenblum, Longtime West Side Activist
Doris Rosenblum, a longtime activist for affordable housing, health care, and education on the Upper West Side, died August 29….
Five Myths About Rent Controls
Five claims about what is wrong with rent regulations dominate most discussion of the subject in the media. They are….
Inco mitos sobre los controles de renta
Cinco afirmaciones sobre lo que es incorrecto con las regulaciones de la renta dominan la discusión de este asunto en….
Assembly Looks Safe for Democrats No Need to Give in to Pataki, Says Study
New York Democrats shouldn’t let fear of losing control of the state Assembly force them to yield to the Republican….
“RUDY MUST GO!” Outraged Tenants Disrupt RGB Meeting
They came from Morris Heights, Kew Gardens, and Chinatown; from City and Suburban Houses in Manhattan and Brightwater Towers in….
Rent Increase: Rudy’s RGB Stars in Off-Broadway Farce
“Rudy, Don’t Raise Our RENTS,” read the signs tenants waved at the Rent Guidelines Board’s May 16 meeting. The letters….
Rudy’s Rent-Raiser Encounters with the RGB’s Decontrol Ideologue
In his first year as a member of the Rent Guidelines Board, Giuliani appointee Paul Atanasiomade his mark as an….
Rudy’s Rent-Raiser Encounters with the RGB’s Decontrol Ideologue
In his first year as a member of the Rent Guidelines Board, Giuliani appointee Paul Atanasiomade his mark as an….