Mayor Bill de Blasio has now selected eight of the nine members of the city Rent Guidelines Board, On March….
Steven Wishnia
Plan de rezonificación del Bronx hace cundir temores de aburguesamiento
Mientras otra tormenta de nieve hacía acumular un polvo gélido en las calles de la ciudad y disminuía la velocidad….
Bronx Rezoning Plan Sparks Gentrification Fears
As yet another snowstorm piled icy powder on the city’s streets and slowed the elevated 4 train to a tortoise-like….
Movement Builds to End 421a Luxury Tax Break
“Subsidize our house, not the penthouse,” protesters chanted outside the One57 luxury-condo building at 157 West 57th St. last month…..
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….