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Suburban Rent Boards Raise Rents
Westchester, Nassau, and Rockland counties voted for rent increases, allowing rent hikes ranging from 0.5 percent to 2 percent.
Rent Relief, Taxes on Rich at Stake in Albany Budget Talks
Housing advocates have mounted a serious campaign in the last several months to pressure the state Legislature to raise taxes….
Mayoral Candidates All Call Themselves ‘Pro-Tenant’
Democratic primary candidates expressed a consensus that the next mayor needs to do more to address tenant issues.
SoHo/NoHo Upzoning: Another Rezoning for Displacement
Community advocates argue that the plan is a giveaway to commercial landlords that will not deliver on the residential diversity its proponents are promising.
Harassed South Bronx Tenants Picket Landlord’s Brooklyn Home
“We, the tenants of 387 East 138th Street in the South Bronx, demand that Sam Applegrad return Maricela Catalan and her family to their home. They were illegally evicted.”
Barberry Rose Tenants Unleash Rage on City’s ‘Second-Worst Landlord’
Tenants in a group of Upper Manhattan buildings owned by Barberry Rose Management Company demanded that the landlord make repairs and provide adequate heat and hot water, instead of trying to impose rent increases.
‘Follow the Damn Law’: Lawsuit Targets Landlords Illegally Refusing Vouchers
New York State and city human-rights laws prohibit landlords from refusing to rent to someone based on “source of income….
Manhattan Council Questionnaires
Find your council district here. City Council District 1 Returned Questionnaire:Gigi LiJenny LowChristopher Marte Did not return questionnaire or were….
Brooklyn Council Questionnaires
Find your council district here. City Council District 33 Returned Questionnaire:Elizabeth Adams Victoria Cambranes Toba Potosky Lincoln Restler Did not….
Bronx Council Questionnaires
Find your council district here. City Council District 11 Returned Questionnaire: Eric Dinowitz Did not return questionnaire or were unreachable:….
Staten Island Council Questionnaires
Find your council district here. City Council District 49 Returned Questionnaire:Amoy K Barnes Selina Grey Kamillah Hanks John McBeth Ranti….
Landlord Lawyer Faces Sanctions Following Racist, Sexist Outburst
A New York landlord attorney has been barred from practicing for three months for “using gender pejorative language” in an….
‘Source of Income’ Discrimination Continues Despite Law
NY1 Investigation finds ‘routine’ denials of Section 8 vouchers Since 2008, New York City has prohibited landlords from discriminating against….
Chinatown to City: Stop Luxury Towers
Community groups from Chinatown and the Lower East Side rallied on Jan. 18, calling on City Council Speaker Corey Johnson….