In a last-minute session before temporary limits on evictions expired at the end of 2020, New York State on Dec…..
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Evictions Resume Upstate
Upstate tenants organized to protect people from evictions and demand a systematic solution to the housing crisis caused by COVID-19.
CSS Report: ‘Social Housing’ Is Alternative to ‘Vulture’ Investment
Tenants could be protected from sudden rent increases by removing their buildings from the unstable real-estate cycle.
Are There Enough Warehoused Apartments to House City’s Homeless?
Data from CHIP shows enough empty apartments to house all homeless New Yorkers When it comes to New York City’s….
‘Eviction Cliff’ Looms Nationwide If Moratorium and Benefits Expire
Housing agencies estimate that as many as 20 million tenants could face eviction proceedings without action.
New York State Election Results Give Hope to Tenants, Progressives
Democrats gain supermajority in both houses Both houses of the New York State Legislature should be more pro-tenant when their….
Evictions Resume Amid Worsening Pandemic
If the expiring state and federal limits on evictions are not renewed, tens of thousands of additional families will face losing their homes beginning January 3, in the dead of winter and during the worst health crisis this city has seen since 1918.
Sunset Park Stops Industry City Rezoning Scheme
After intense public resistance from the Sunset Park community, Industry City CEO Andrew Kimball announced Sept. 22 that he was….
Sunset Park frena plan de rezonificación de Industry City
Después de una resistencia pública intensa por parte de la comunidad en Sunset Park, el director general de Industry City,….
Harlem Tenants Protest Landlord’s ‘House of Horrors’
Tenants in three Harlem buildings plagued by broken elevators, collapsing ceilings, and infestations of cockroaches and mice dressed as ghouls and goblins to stage a Halloween–themed protest.
2020 Elections:
Can Dems Win Veto-Proof Majority in State Senate? As Tenant/Inquilino went to press, the November 3 election was less than….
‘The Eviction Crisis Is Starting to Happen,’ Activists Say
The long-feared pandemic-fueled eviction crisis is starting to hit upstate New York, housing advocates and activists said at an online….
Democratic Party Establishment Shaken by Primary Results
In the June 23 Democratic primary elections, six challengers running on unabashedly progressive, even socialist platforms unseated incumbent Assemblymembers in….
How to Break a Lease
With New York having been the epicenter of the COVID-19 epidemic when it first erupted in the U.S., many residents….
Suburban Rent Boards Freeze Rents, One-Upping City RGB
Once again, the Rent Guidelines Boards in the three suburban counties have done better by rent-stabilized tenants than their counterpart….