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Legislature Produces Some Progressive Wins in 2021

by Esteban Girón August 14, 2021

A supermajority makes a difference A supermajority makes a difference. Last November’s election expanded the Democratic majority in the New….

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Suburban Rent Boards Raise Rents

by Stephen Myles August 14, 2021

Westchester, Nassau, and Rockland counties voted for rent increases, allowing rent hikes ranging from 0.5 percent to 2 percent.

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  • April 2021

Rent Relief, Taxes on Rich at Stake in Albany Budget Talks

by Esteban Girón Issue April 2021

Housing advocates have mounted a serious campaign in the last several months to pressure the state Legislature to raise taxes….

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  • April 2021

Mayoral Candidates All Call Themselves ‘Pro-Tenant’

by Fredrik deBoer Issue April 2021

Democratic primary candidates expressed a consensus that the next mayor needs to do more to address tenant issues.

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  • April 2021

SoHo/NoHo Upzoning: Another Rezoning for Displacement

by Kathleen Wakeham Issue April 2021

Community advocates argue that the plan is a giveaway to commercial landlords that will not deliver on the residential diversity its proponents are promising.

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  • April 2021

Harassed South Bronx Tenants Picket Landlord’s Brooklyn Home

by Steven Wishnia Issue April 2021

“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.”

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  • April 2021

Barberry Rose Tenants Unleash Rage on City’s ‘Second-Worst Landlord’

by Noy Messinger Issue April 2021

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.

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  • April 2021

‘Follow the Damn Law’: Lawsuit Targets Landlords Illegally Refusing Vouchers

by Fredrik deBoer Issue April 2021

New York State and city human-rights laws prohibit landlords from refusing to rent to someone based on “source of income….

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Manhattan Council Questionnaires

March 21, 2021

Find your council district here. City Council District 1 Returned Questionnaire:Gigi LiJenny LowChristopher Marte Did not return questionnaire or were….

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Brooklyn Council Questionnaires

March 21, 2021

Find your council district here. City Council District 33 Returned Questionnaire:Elizabeth Adams Victoria Cambranes Toba Potosky Lincoln Restler Did not….

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Bronx Council Questionnaires

March 21, 2021

Find your council district here. City Council District 11 Returned Questionnaire: Eric Dinowitz Did not return questionnaire or were unreachable:….

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Staten Island Council Questionnaires

March 21, 2021

Find your council district here. City Council District 49 Returned Questionnaire:Amoy K Barnes Selina Grey Kamillah Hanks John McBeth Ranti….

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Landlord Lawyer Faces Sanctions Following Racist, Sexist Outburst

by Landry Haarmann March 20, 2021

A New York landlord attorney has been barred from practicing for three months for “using gender pejorative language” in an….

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‘Source of Income’ Discrimination Continues Despite Law

by Kenny Schaeffer March 20, 2021

NY1 Investigation finds ‘routine’ denials of Section 8 vouchers Since 2008, New York City has prohibited landlords from discriminating against….

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Chinatown to City: Stop Luxury Towers

March 20, 2021

Community groups from Chinatown and the Lower East Side rallied on Jan. 18, calling on City Council Speaker Corey Johnson….

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