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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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….
Siguen las protestas en contra de la rezonificación en Inwood
En agosto pasado, después de una ola de protestas por parte de residentes del vecindario, el Concejo Municipal rechazó un….
Protests Over Inwood Rezoning Continue
Last August, after a wave of protests by neighborhood residents, the City Council defeated a plan to rezone 4650 Broadway….
L.A. Tenants Also Face ‘Construction as Harassment’
Los Angeles has an image as a collection of sprawling suburbs, but it’s actually a city of tenants: It’s second….
Bronx Low-Income Landlord Sued for Illegally Raising Rents
Tenants in a Bronx low-income building that has received almost $3.2 million in 421-a tax breaks are suing their landlord,….
RGB recomienda aumento de alquileres, rechaza reducción
Parece que no habrá otra congelación de alquileres este año. Por una votación de 5 a 4 sin ningún debate,….
San Jose Enacts First Limits on Evictions
Landlords in San Jose, Calif., can no longer evict tenants without a “just cause,” under a law the City Council….
Tenants Lead Qns Climate March
While thousands of people rode buses to Washington for the People’s Climate March April 29, some 250 were trekking more….