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  • February 2021

Albany Extends Eviction Moratorium

by Steven Wishnia Issue February 2021

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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  • December 2020

Evictions Resume Upstate

by Steven Wishnia Issue December 2020

Upstate tenants organized to protect people from evictions and demand a systematic solution to the housing crisis caused by COVID-19.

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  • December 2020

CSS Report: ‘Social Housing’ Is Alternative to ‘Vulture’ Investment

by Fredrik deBoer Issue December 2020

Tenants could be protected from sudden rent increases by removing their buildings from the unstable real-estate cycle.

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  • December 2020

Are There Enough Warehoused Apartments to House City’s Homeless?

by Zoë Beery Issue December 2020

Data from CHIP shows enough empty apartments to house all homeless New Yorkers When it comes to New York City’s….

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  • December 2020

‘Eviction Cliff’ Looms Nationwide If Moratorium and Benefits Expire

by Steven Wishnia Issue December 2020

Housing agencies estimate that as many as 20 million tenants could face eviction proceedings without action.

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  • December 2020

New York State Election Results Give Hope to Tenants, Progressives

by Esteban Girón Issue December 2020

Democrats gain supermajority in both houses Both houses of the New York State Legislature should be more pro-tenant when their….

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  • December 2020

Evictions Resume Amid Worsening Pandemic

by Kenny Schaeffer Issue December 2020

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.

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  • Nov 2020

Sunset Park Stops Industry City Rezoning Scheme

by Fredrik deBoer Issue Nov 2020

After intense public resistance from the Sunset Park community, Industry City CEO Andrew Kimball announced Sept. 22 that he was….

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Sunset Park frena plan de rezonificación de Industry City

by Fredrik deBoer December 29, 2020

Después de una resistencia pública intensa por parte de la comunidad en Sunset Park, el director general de Industry City,….

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  • December 2020

Harlem Tenants Protest Landlord’s ‘House of Horrors’

by Steven Wishnia Issue December 2020

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.

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  • Nov 2020

2020 Elections:

by Esteban Girón Issue Nov 2020

Can Dems Win Veto-Proof Majority in State Senate? As Tenant/Inquilino went to press, the November 3 election was less than….

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  • Fall 2020 Web Issue

‘The Eviction Crisis Is Starting to Happen,’ Activists Say

by Steven Wishnia Issue Fall 2020 Web Issue

The long-feared pandemic-fueled eviction crisis is starting to hit upstate New York, housing advocates and activists said at an online….

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  • Aug 2020

Democratic Party Establishment Shaken by Primary Results

by Esteban Girón Issue Aug 2020

In the June 23 Democratic primary elections, six challengers running on unabashedly progressive, even socialist platforms unseated incumbent Assemblymembers in….

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  • Aug 2020

How to Break a Lease

by Fredrik deBoer Issue Aug 2020

With New York having been the epicenter of the COVID-19 epidemic when it first erupted in the U.S., many residents….

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  • Aug 2020

Suburban Rent Boards Freeze Rents, One-Upping City RGB

by Dennis Hanratty Issue Aug 2020

Once again, the Rent Guidelines Boards in the three suburban counties have done better by rent-stabilized tenants than their counterpart….

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