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  • June 2020

RGB Votes One-Year Rent Freeze, 1% Increase in Second Year

by Steven Wishnia Issue June 2020

In an online meeting June 17, the city Rent Guidelines Board voted 6-3 to freeze rents for one year and….

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  • June 2020

RGB propone congelación de alquileres por 1 año

by Steven Wishnia Issue June 2020

La Junta de Renta Regulada (Rent Guidelines Board, RGB) está proponiendo una congelación del alquiler por un año para los….

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  • April 2020

Inquilinos de Nueva York preparan una ‘ola masiva de huelgas de renta’ a partir del 1o de mayo

by Steven Wishnia Issue April 2020

Ya que cientos de miles de neoyorquinos no pueden pagar el alquiler después de quedarse sin trabajo por la epidemia….

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  • April 2020

New York Tenants Plan a ‘Massive Wave of Rent Strikes’ Starting May 1

by Steven Wishnia Issue April 2020

With hundreds of thousands of New Yorkers unable to pay rent after being forced out of work by the coronavirus….

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  • April 2020

RGB Proposes 1-Year Rent Freeze

by Steven Wishnia Issue April 2020

The Rent Guidelines Board is proposing a one-year rent freeze for the city’s 900,000-odd rent-stabilized apartments. At its preliminary-guidelines meeting….

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  • April 2020

South Bronx Tenants Demand Rent Suspension

by Steven Wishnia Issue April 2020

Residents of two chronically ill-maintained South Bronx buildings rallied Apr. 1, calling on Gov. Andrew Cuomo to give tenants a….

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  • February 2020

Court Voids Inwood Rezoning

by Steven Wishnia Issue February 2020

In what Inwood housing organizers called a major victory, a state Supreme Court judge on Dec. 19 voided the de….

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  • Sept 2019

Boston Activists Canvass to Revive Rent Control

by Steven Wishnia Issue Sept 2019

Hundreds of Boston housing activists spent the afternoon of Sept. 21 knocking on doors in the Roxbury, Chinatown, Mattapan and….

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  • Sept 2019

Uphill Battle to Challenge Illegal Apartment Deregulations

by Steven Wishnia Issue Sept 2019

David Sewell thought there was something “very suspicious” about his rent when he and his wife, Peggy Vujovich, moved into….

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  • Sept 2019

California Enacts Limited But Wide-Ranging Rent Caps

by Steven Wishnia Issue Sept 2019

California has enacted a law that will limit rent increases for an estimated 8 million tenants, but the measure is….

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  • July 2019

City Council Approves Staten Island Rezoning

by Steven Wishnia Issue July 2019

The City Council voted June 26 to approve a massive rezoning of the Staten Island waterfront, a proposal that promises….

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  • July 2019

Berlin Freezes Rents for Five Years

by Steven Wishnia Issue July 2019

Strapped New York City tenants might want to start learning some German. The Berlin Senate voted June 18 to freeze….

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  • July 2019

Gloria Sukenick, Vibrant Met Council Activist, Dies at 94

by Steven Wishnia Issue July 2019

Longtime Met Council activist Gloria Sukenick, whose vibrant spirit, drum, and cloud of white hair were a ubiquitous presence at….

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  • July 2019

¡Se consigue victoria en las leyes de alquiler tras meses de organización!

by Steven Wishnia Issue July 2019

En junio, el Estado de Nueva York promulgó el fortalecimiento más importante en 45 años de las protecciones para inquilinos…..

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  • July 2019

Months of Organizing Yield Rent-Law Victory!

by Steven Wishnia Issue July 2019

In June, New York State enacted the most significant strengthening of tenant protections in 45 years. It came about after….

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