In an online meeting June 17, the city Rent Guidelines Board voted 6-3 to freeze rents for one year and….
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Rent Strike
If you are going on rent strike text: “Rent Strike” to 646-542-1920 What If the Governor doesn’t #CancelRent? It’s important….
Evictions Suspended Through June 19, Courts Closed, Future Uncertain
Opposition Grows to Return of ‘Business as Usual’ When They Reopen Evictions in New York are currently on hold through….
Remembering Tom Waters (1963-2020)
The tenant movement suffered an enormous loss when Tom Waters died April 4, apparently from the COVID-19 virus. A leading….
Landlords Threaten to Warehouse More Apartments
Since the Housing Stability and Tenant Protection Act was enacted in June 2019, some New York City landlords have dropped….
New York Tenants Plan a ‘Massive Wave of Rent Strikes’ Starting May 1
With hundreds of thousands of New Yorkers unable to pay rent after being forced out of work by the coronavirus….
RGB Proposes 1-Year Rent Freeze
The Rent Guidelines Board is proposing a one-year rent freeze for the city’s 900,000-odd rent-stabilized apartments. At its preliminary-guidelines meeting….
South Bronx Tenants Demand Rent Suspension
Residents of two chronically ill-maintained South Bronx buildings rallied Apr. 1, calling on Gov. Andrew Cuomo to give tenants a….
Chinatown Residents March Against Planned Mega-Towers
Scores of Chinatown residents and supporters marched from Cherry Street to City Hall Jan. 20 to demand that the city….
Tenants to de Blasio: Roll Back Our Rents!
Take Message to Gracie Mansion Feb. 26 On February 26, Met Council and other members of the Rent Justice Coalition….
Remembering Bronx Housing Activist Carmen Vega-Rivera, 65
This past December 15, Bronx housing activist and educator Carmen Vega-Rivera transitioned from her mortal life into her post-mortal existence….
Court Voids Inwood Rezoning
In what Inwood housing organizers called a major victory, a state Supreme Court judge on Dec. 19 voided the de….
Tenants Renew Pressure on Albany: ‘Tax the Rich, House the Poor’
Tenants are back for more! In the aftermath of the Housing Stability and Tenant Protection Act of 2019, the greatest….
WBAI Back Under Local Direction After Destructive Takeover
Radio station WBAI (99.5 FM and wbai.org), which broadcasts Met Council’s weekly radio program, Housing Notebook, on Mondays from 8….
Rochester, Kingston Take Steps Toward Rent Stabilization
Rochester, New York State’s third-largest city, is about to take the first step toward enacting rent stabilization. In late November,….