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State Enacts 4-Month Moratorium on COVID-Related Evictions

by Steven Wishnia Issue Dec 2020 Web Issue

In a last-minute session before temporary limits on evictions expired at the end of the year, the New York State….

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  • Nov 2020

Matthew Abuelo

by Bennett Baumer, Jonathan Furlong Issue Nov 2020

West Side Housing Activist, 45 The housing movement lost a dedicated and longtime advocate August 17 with the passing of….

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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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  • Nov 2020

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

by Steven Wishnia Issue Nov 2020

The long-feared pandemic-fueled eviction crisis is starting to hit upstate New York, housing advocates and activists say. There are already….

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  • Nov 2020

Philadelphia Homeless Occupations Win Housing Promise From City

by Luis Feliz Leon Issue Nov 2020

PHILADELPHIA—At a homeless encampment in North Philadelphia, organizers Jennifer Bennetch and Sterling Johnson seek shelter from pouring rain under blue….

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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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  • Aug 2020

Oakland Tenants Blockade Investors

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OAKLAND, Calif.—Rent-striking tenants in Oakland blocked investors from touring their building and apartments July 9, claiming it would endanger elderly….

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  • Aug 2020

Harlem Tenants Win $1.1 Million Refunds in J-51 Suit

Issue Aug 2020

In a court settlement announced in mid-July, 400 current and former tenants at Lenox Terrace, a legendary six-building housing complex….

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  • Aug 2020

Court OKs Inwood Rezoning; Activists Will Appeal

by Steven Wishnia Issue Aug 2020

A state appeals court on July 23 ruled that the de Blasio administration’s rezoning of Inwood can proceed, reversing a….

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  • Aug 2020

Legislature Passes Limited Tenant Relief; No Action Yet on Cancel-Rent Bills

by Ava Farkas Issue Aug 2020

The New York State Legislature did little to protect tenants in its interrupted session this year. The state budget finalized….

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  • Aug 2020

CONFUSION REIGNS IN HOUSING COURT

by Jenny Laurie Issue Aug 2020

Chief judge presses to resume eviction cases despite health and due process concerns Editor’s note: This information was accurate as….

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