En una votación casi tan predecible como la decisión de la Corte Suprema el siguiente día en Janus v. AFSCME….
Steven Wishnia
RGB Votes Highest Rent Increases of de Blasio Era
In a vote almost as predictable as the Supreme Court’s decision the next day in Janus v. AFSCME Council 31,….
RGB rechaza recomendar congelación de alquileres
“¿Así que el sueño de una congelación de alquileres quedó fuera?” preguntó una mujer que tenía puesta una camiseta de….
RGB Refuses to Recommend Rent Freeze
“So the dream of a rent freeze is out?” a woman in a Flatbush Tenant Coalition T-shirt asked. The answer….
Residentes de Inwood dicen no a la rezonificación
Más de 500 personas acudieron a una audiencia en Inwood el 22 de febrero, sobre el plan de la ciudad….
Californians Push Rent-Control Initiatives
With housing costs in major California metropolitan areas arguably sky- rocketing faster than New York’s, efforts are underway to put….
City Has Lost 30% of Public-Housing Heat Workers
Before public-housing residents experienced severe problems with heat and hot water this winter, the New York City Housing Authority had….
Inwood Residents Say No to Rezoning
More than 500 people turned out in Inwood Feb. 22 for a hearing on the city’s plan to rezone the….
Mayor’s Mitchell-Lama Aid Leans Toward Co-ops
In late October, Mayor Bill de Blasio announced that he planned to spend $250 million to help 15,000 apartments in….
State Says Landlord Shouldn’t Mass-Evict Chinatown Tenants
Tenants in two Chinatown buildings may be on the verge of a victory in their struggle to avoid mass eviction…..
El Concejo Municipal aprueba proyectos de ley en contra de “construcción como hostigamiento”
Casi dos años después de que fueron presentadas por primera vez, el 9 de agosto el Concejo Municipal aprobó por….
City Council Passes Bills Against “Construction As Harassment”
Nearly two years after they were first introduced, the City Council on Aug. 9 overwhelmingly passed 11 bills in a….
RGB pone fin a congelación de alquileres
El 27 de junio, los dos representantes de inquilinos en la Junta de Renta Regulada (Rent Guidelines Board, RGB) escogieron….
City Now Has 250,000 Apartments With Preferential Rents
Ruth Hippolyte thought she’d gotten a good deal when she found a rent-stabilized one-bedroom apartment near Brooklyn College for $1,395….
RGB Ends Rent Freeze
The Rent Guidelines Board’s two tenant representatives took the lesser of two evils June 27. They sponsored a proposal to….