Tenants in two East Village buildings owned by Icon Realty marched May 9 to protest their landlord’s construction practices, which….
May 2016
Democrat Kaminsky Wins Skelos Senate Seat
Tenants scored a significant electoral victory on April 19, when Democratic Assemblymember Todd Kaminsky of Long Beach beat Republican trial….
East New York Faces Rezoning
East New York became the first neighborhood to be rezoned for Mayor Bill de Blasio’s mandatory inclusionary zoning plan on….
Affordable Housing: No Unions Need Apply
One group that is definitely not happy with the de Blasio affordable housing program is the city’s construction unions. The….
De Blasio Housing Plan Two Years In: Ambitious, but Not Much for Lower Incomes
Two years after Mayor Bill de Blasio announced his plans to build 80,000 units of affordable housing and “preserve” another….
RGB considera otra congelación de alquileres, pero pasa por alto llamados para una reducción
El 3 de mayo, la Junta de Renta Regulada (Rent Guidelines Board, RGB) de la Ciudad de Nueva York votó….
East Village Tenants Protest Lead Poisoning
Tenants dressed in hazmat suits protested at the offices of Raphael Toledano and his Brookhill Properties property-management firm April 12….
Croman Arrested!
Manhattan landlord Steve Croman, whose harassment of tenants in the more than 140 buildings he owns has made him notorious….
RGB Considers Another Rent Freeze, but Ignores Calls for Rollback
On May 3, the New York City Rent Guidelines Board voted 5-4 to set preliminary guidelines for how much landlords….