El 26 de abril, la Presidenta del Condado de Manhattan, Gale Brewer, firmó y entregó su recomendación sobre la propuesta….
May – June 2018
Manhattan Boro President Opposes Inwood Rezoning
On April 26, Manhattan Borough President Gale Brewer signed and submitted her recommendation on the city Economic Development Corporation’s proposal….
Tenants Protest Signature Bank Financing Predatory Landlords
Lower East Side tenants and supporters protested outside Signature Bank’s annual shareholders meeting in midtown Manhattan April 25, demanding that….
Why Tenants Need a Rent Freeze
New York City’s Rent Stabilization Law of 1969 states that all city rent controls “have a twofold purpose: to limit….
We Can’t ‘Wait Till Next Year’ for Stronger Rent Laws
Almost 51 years to the day after Jackie Robinson strolled out to first base for the Brooklyn Dodgers and desegregated….
Top State Court Rules 150,000 Households Not Regulated
On April 26, the New York Court of Appeals overturned a lower-court decision and ruled that some 150,000 apartments deregulated….
RGB rechaza recomendar congelación de alquileres
“¿Así que el sueño de una congelación de alquileres quedó fuera?” preguntó una mujer que tenía puesta una camiseta de….
Trump Threatens Devastating HUD Cuts
On April 25, Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Ben Carson announced proposed legislation that would sharply raise rents for….
National Movement for Stronger Rent Laws Grows
As the nation’s affordable-housing crisis deepens, tenants from New York to Nashville to California are demanding that local governments have….
Strange Doings on Planet Albany: Cuomo’s Election-Year Conversion?
On April 24 Democrats won two special elections for the state Senate, one in the Bronx and the other in….
RGB Refuses to Recommend Rent Freeze
“So the dream of a rent freeze is out?” a woman in a Flatbush Tenant Coalition T-shirt asked. The answer….