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  • December 2018 – January 2019

South Bronx Tenants Say Slumlord

by Steven Wishnia Issue December 2018 – January 2019

The son of one of New York’s most notorious slumlords is following in his father’s footsteps, according to the tenants….

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  • December 2018 – January 2019

California Rejects Allowing Stronger Rent Controls

by Steven Wishnia Issue December 2018 – January 2019

California voters on Nov. 6 solidly rejected a ballot initiative that would have enabled local governments to enact stronger rent-control….

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  • October 2018

Chinatown Tenants Return Home After Seven Months

by Steven Wishnia Issue October 2018

On the hot afternoon of August 30, workers and tenants greeted one another as they lugged suitcases and baby chairs….

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  • October 2018

Council OKs Inwood Rezoning

by Steven Wishnia Issue October 2018

Despite significant protests from neighborhood residents, the City Council voted 43-1 Aug. 8 to approve the de Blasio administration’s plan….

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  • July 2018

Six Cab Drivers Commit Suicide From ‘Financial Despair’

by Steven Wishnia Issue July 2018

Six drivers in the New York City taxi industry have committed suicide since last December, driven by what New York….

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  • July 2018

RGB aprueba los aumentos más altos de la era de de Blasio

by Steven Wishnia Issue July 2018

En una votación casi tan predecible como la decisión de la Corte Suprema el siguiente día en Janus v. AFSCME….

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  • July 2018

RGB Votes Highest Rent Increases of de Blasio Era

by Steven Wishnia Issue July 2018

In a vote almost as predictable as the Supreme Court’s decision the next day in Janus v. AFSCME Council 31,….

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  • May – June 2018

RGB rechaza recomendar congelación de alquileres

by Steven Wishnia Issue May – June 2018

“¿Así que el sueño de una congelación de alquileres quedó fuera?” preguntó una mujer que tenía puesta una camiseta de….

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  • May – June 2018

RGB Refuses to Recommend Rent Freeze

by Steven Wishnia Issue May – June 2018

“So the dream of a rent freeze is out?” a woman in a Flatbush Tenant Coalition T-shirt asked. The answer….

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  • March - April 2018

Residentes de Inwood dicen no a la rezonificación

by Steven Wishnia Issue March - April 2018

Más de 500 personas acudieron a una audiencia en Inwood el 22 de febrero, sobre el plan de la ciudad….

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  • March - April 2018

Californians Push Rent-Control Initiatives

by Steven Wishnia Issue March - April 2018

With housing costs in major California metropolitan areas arguably sky- rocketing faster than New York’s, efforts are underway to put….

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  • March - April 2018

City Has Lost 30% of Public-Housing Heat Workers

by Steven Wishnia Issue March - April 2018

Before public-housing residents experienced severe problems with heat and hot water this winter, the New York City Housing Authority had….

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  • March - April 2018

Inwood Residents Say No to Rezoning

by Steven Wishnia Issue March - April 2018

More than 500 people turned out in Inwood Feb. 22 for a hearing on the city’s plan to rezone the….

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  • November 2017

Mayor’s Mitchell-Lama Aid Leans Toward Co-ops

by Steven Wishnia Issue November 2017

In late October, Mayor Bill de Blasio announced that he planned to spend $250 million to help 15,000 apartments in….

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  • January – February 2018

State Says Landlord Shouldn’t Mass-Evict Chinatown Tenants

by Steven Wishnia Issue January – February 2018

Tenants in two Chinatown buildings may be on the verge of a victory in their struggle to avoid mass eviction…..

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