“Subsidize our house, not the penthouse,” protesters chanted outside the One57 luxury-condo building at 157 West 57th St. last month…..
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Will Mayor’s Housing Plan Spur Gentrification?
Saying that “nothing more clearly expresses the inequality gap… than the soaring cost of housing,” Mayor Bill de Blasio devoted….
How Landlords Harass Old People
Landlords trying to drive out rent-regulated tenants generally use the same harassment methods against the elderly as they do against….
You Can’t Share Food in 15 U.S. Cities
More then 15 U.S. cities, including Seattle and Houston, have passed laws restricting feeding homeless people in public in the….
San Francisco Votes Down Speculation Tax
San Francisco voters on Nov. 4 rejected a ballot initiative intended to curb real-estate speculation. Proposition G, which would have….
Inquilinos y sindicatos laborales se unen para demandar ‘50% asequibilidad verdadera, construida por mano de obra sindicalizada’
Más de 1,000 personas marcharon media milla por el Bulevar Adam Clayton Powell en Harlem el 20 de agosto, demandando….
San Francisco Tenants Seek Speculation Tax
SAN FRANCISCO—This November, voters in San Francisco have a chance to discourage real-estate speculation by enacting a stiff tax on….
Tenants, Labor Join to Demand ‘50% Real Affordability, Union Built’
More than 1,000 people marched a half-mile up Adam Clayton Powell Boulevard in Harlem Aug. 20, demanding that at least….
Can Brooklyn Tenants Stop Luxury High-Rise?
Tenants in the Prospect Lefferts Gardens section of Brooklyn have mobilized to stop a developer from building a 23-story tower….
Legislature Renews Penn South Tax Break
Just before the state legislature ended its session in June, it passed a bill authorizing the New York City Council….
RGB se niega a aprobar congelación de alquileres
En una reunión notable por coros ruidosos e intrigas tras bastidores, la Junta de Renta Regulada (Rent Guidelines Board, RGB)….
RGB Denies Rent Freeze
In a meeting marked by loud chanting and behind-the-scenes intrigue, the city Rent Guidelines Board voted June 23 to authorize….
RAFA Pushes Housing Plan
Trying to influence the de Blasio administration in advance, the Real Affordability for All coalition released its own affordable-housing plan….
El plan de vivienda de de Blasio: ¿demasiado poco, demasiado tarde?
Llamándolo el “más grande y más ambicioso plan para vivienda asequible en toda la historia” de cualquier ciudad de los….
Croman’s Cro-Mag Tactics Designed to Drive Tenants Cronuts
About 75 people marched through the Lower East Side May 3 protesting harassment by landlords Steven and Harriet Croman and….