Skip to content
The Tenant
  • Campaigns
  • News
  • Our Board
  • Support Us
  • Contact Us

Editorial

    Post Category
  • Editorial
    Issue
  • September - October 2017

Met Council Interns Mark End of Summer

Issue September - October 2017

“I would say this internship is extraordinarily hands-on, filled with on-theground work. Because the organization is so small, you get….

    Post Category
  • Editorial
    Issue
  • September - October 2017

Latest Landlord Scam: Elusive Superintendents

by Kathleen Wakeham Issue September - October 2017

A recent landlord scam is to avoid having a superintendent in buildings. This denies tenants essential maintenance and repair services,….

    Post Category
  • Editorial
    Issue
  • April 2017

Hotline Volunteer: ‘Empowering Tenants to Stand Up’

by Victoria Arakcheyeva Issue April 2017

The Met Council hotline operates 18 hours a week: on Mondays and Wednesdays from 1:30 to 8 p.m. and Fridays….

    Post Category
  • Editorial
    Issue
  • April 2016

Tenant-Power, Workers’ Power, and People Power Groups: “Stop the Mayor’s Housing Plan! City Council, VOTE NO and Fight for a Real Victory!”

Issue April 2016

The undersigned organizations call on the City Council to oppose the Mayor’s revised housing plan, currently slated for a March….

    Post Category
  • Editorial
    Issue
  • March 2016

EDITORIAL: The City Council Should Vote No on Mayor’s Housing Plan

by Ava Farkas Issue March 2016

New York City’s housing-affordability crisis is directly linked to pro-landlord rent laws that will eventually lead to the complete dismantling….

    Post Category
  • Editorial
    Issue
  • November 2012

Senate Democrats Must Not Yield to Blackmail; Cuomo Must Support His Own Party

by Andy Humm Issue November 2012

Democrats regained a narrow majority in the state Senate on Election Day, but there is a terrible catch. An “independent….

    Post Category
  • Editorial
    Issue
  • November 2011

¡Tener vivienda es un derecho humano!

by Vajra Kilgour Issue November 2011

Mientras cada vez más personas se manifiestan en las calles para protestar por la codicia de Wall Street, el capitalismo….

    Post Category
  • Editorial
    Issue
  • November 2011

Housing Is a Human Right

by Vajra Kilgour Issue November 2011

As increasing numbers of people take to the streets to protest Wall Street greed, late-stage capitalism continues to devour everything….

    Post Category
  • Editorial
    Issue
  • March 2011

Everything Is Broken: Fixing Rent Stabilization

by Kenny Schaeffer Issue March 2011

Met Council vice chair Kenny Schaeffer delivered this summary of the Omnibus Housing Act of 2011 (Assembly 2674-A, Senate 2783-A)….

    Post Category
  • Editorial
    Issue
  • February 1997

Editorial: Rechazar la Desregulación por Vacancia

Issue February 1997

Tenant/Inquilino ha venido alertando a los inquilinos desde hace meses: el próximo mes de marzo, el Consejo Municipal una vez….

    Post Category
  • Editorial
    Issue
  • February 1997

Editorial: REPEAL VACANCY DEREGULATION

Issue February 1997

Tenant/Inquilino has been alerting tenants for months now: In March, the City Council will once again be voting on whether….

    Post Category
  • Editorial
    Issue
  • December 1996

Lobby These City Politicians

Issue December 1996

The following elected New York City officials, the Mayor and City Councilmembers, voted for vacancy deregulation when the Council renewed….

    Post Category
  • Editorial
    Issue
  • June 1996

Rent Increases: Enough is Enough

Issue June 1996

“Take a hike, tenants told,” read the Daily News headline on May 17, after the Rent Guidelines Board proposed the….

Tenant

News and stories from the front lines of the tenant movement

Met Council Action

Met Council Action is a member-led 501(c)(4) nonprofit organization.

Met Council on Housing

For more information on your rights as a tenant, visit the Met Council on Housing.
© 2023 The Tenant is a project of Met Council Action a 501(c)(4) nonprofit organization.