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The Best Hope to Rein in Rent Control Is Lurking on the Supreme Court's Docket
Nov. 12, 2023
The U.S. Supreme Court keeps putting off deciding whether to take up a challenge to New York's rent control scheme.
NYC rents shift into reverse
Nov. 12, 2023
Manhattan’s annualized rent growth lowest since 2021
GOP sees gains in heavily blue NY. Here’s what it says for 2024.
Nov. 12, 2023
Republicans celebrate the red wave on Long Island in a heavily Democratic state.
Rezoning plan plagued Bronx re-election bid for city councilmember
Nov. 12, 2023
Rezoning plan plagued Bronx re-election bid for city councilmember
The best evidence yet that banning Airbnbs will make rent go down
Nov. 12, 2023
A new study found that an Airbnb ban in Irvine, California lead to rent price decreases
NYC Council members to push law to padlock the hordes of illegal pot shops throughout the Big Apple
Nov. 4, 2023
City Council members are pushing legislation to make it easier to padlock the hordes of unlicensed pot shops that are choking their neighborhoods throughout the five boroughs
NYC wants to allow housing vouchers statewide. Why counties are opposed.
Nov. 4, 2023
New York City Mayor Eric Adams plans to let residents with housing vouchers use them across New York, angering many local leaders.Spencer Platt/Getty Images
In New Paltz, landlords attend rent increase hearing in force; tenants stay home
Nov. 4, 2023
A new review of a proposal that would create a mechanism for disputing a potential rent increase got the attention of some New Paltz landlords
NYC landlords file suits claiming Airbnb and tenants ‘thumbing their noses’ at new home-sharing restrictions
Nov. 4, 2023
The owner of this luxury apartment building at 30 W. 63rd St. is suing a tenant, Jerome Dewald, for listing his apartment on Airbnb
As property insurance surges, some landlords are “losing their minds”
Nov. 4, 2023
Surging claims, decaying buildings and a carrier exodus driving costs