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  • January 2015

How Landlords Harass Old People

by Steven Wishnia Issue January 2015

Landlords trying to drive out rent-regulated tenants generally use the same harassment methods against the elderly as they do against….

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  • November 2014

You Can’t Share Food in 15 U.S. Cities

by Steven Wishnia Issue November 2014

More then 15 U.S. cities, including Seattle and Houston, have passed laws restricting feeding homeless people in public in the….

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  • November 2014

San Francisco Votes Down Speculation Tax

by Steven Wishnia Issue November 2014

San Francisco voters on Nov. 4 rejected a ballot initiative intended to curb real-estate speculation. Proposition G, which would have….

Marching in Harlem August 20, 2014
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  • September 2014

Inquilinos y sindicatos laborales se unen para demandar ‘50% asequibilidad verdadera, construida por mano de obra sindicalizada’

by Steven Wishnia Issue September 2014

Más de 1,000 personas marcharon media milla por el Bulevar Adam Clayton Powell en Harlem el 20 de agosto, demandando….

Mock bowling pins with the names of leading San Francisco speculators.
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  • September 2014

San Francisco Tenants Seek Speculation Tax

by Steven Wishnia Issue September 2014

SAN FRANCISCO—This November, voters in San Francisco have a chance to discourage real-estate speculation by enacting a stiff tax on….

Marching in Harlem August 20, 2014
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  • September 2014

Tenants, Labor Join to Demand ‘50% Real Affordability, Union Built’

by Steven Wishnia Issue September 2014

More than 1,000 people marched a half-mile up Adam Clayton Powell Boulevard in Harlem Aug. 20, demanding that at least….

Redoneva Andrews of the Flatbush Tenants Coalition speaks at a City Hall rally June 6.
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  • July 2014

Can Brooklyn Tenants Stop Luxury High-Rise?

by Steven Wishnia Issue July 2014

Tenants in the Prospect Lefferts Gardens section of Brooklyn have mobilized to stop a developer from building a 23-story tower….

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  • July 2014

Legislature Renews Penn South Tax Break

by Steven Wishnia Issue July 2014

Just before the state legislature ended its session in June, it passed a bill authorizing the New York City Council….

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  • July 2014

RGB se niega a aprobar congelación de alquileres

by Steven Wishnia Issue July 2014

En una reunión notable por coros ruidosos e intrigas tras bastidores, la Junta de Renta Regulada (Rent Guidelines Board, RGB)….

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  • July 2014

RGB Denies Rent Freeze

by Steven Wishnia Issue July 2014

In a meeting marked by loud chanting and behind-the-scenes intrigue, the city Rent Guidelines Board voted June 23 to authorize….

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  • May 2014

RAFA Pushes Housing Plan

by Steven Wishnia Issue May 2014

Trying to influence the de Blasio administration in advance, the Real Affordability for All coalition released its own affordable-housing plan….

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  • May 2014

El plan de vivienda de de Blasio: ¿demasiado poco, demasiado tarde?

by Steven Wishnia Issue May 2014

Llamándolo el “más grande y más ambicioso plan para vivienda asequible en toda la historia” de cualquier ciudad de los….

Croman tenants march on Avenue A.
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  • May 2014

Croman’s Cro-Mag Tactics Designed to Drive Tenants Cronuts

by Steven Wishnia Issue May 2014

About 75 people marched through the Lower East Side May 3 protesting harassment by landlords Steven and Harriet Croman and….

Mayor de Blasio announces plan in Brooklyn May 5, with Public Advocate Letitia James, right.
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  • May 2014

De Blasio’s Housing Plan: Too Little, Too Late?

by Steven Wishnia Issue May 2014

Calling it the “largest, most ambitious affordable housing plan ever” from any U.S. city, Mayor Bill de Blasio on May….

Protesters at Avalon Fort Greene, which got $22 million in tax breaks.
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  • April 2014

Brooklyn Luxury Housing Paved With Taxpayers’ Gold

by Steven Wishnia Issue April 2014

“Built from the ground up to surpass any expectations of what rental living should be,” the “Bklyn Gold” building Web….

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