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Landlords divided over new law fining them for illegal pot shops
Sept. 3, 2023
Landlords divided over new law fining them for illegal pot shops
Pilot project to rehab rent-stabilized units is months behind schedule
Sept. 3, 2023
Landlords say delay pushes back realization that it won’t work
Podcast: NYC Rent Stabilization? Real Solutions by Real Owners!
July 19, 2023
SPONY members discuss NYC rent stabilization
NYCHA Rent Hikes Coming for Tenants Deemed ‘Over Income’
June 18, 2023
Last week, the Housing Authority sent notices to 290 households with higher income saying they must pay higher rent, and foot the bill for utilities.
Brooklyn pol Chi Osse says he wants to ‘eat the rich’ — yet he hobnobbed with stars at Met Gala
May 4, 2023
A lefist Brooklyn city councilman who tweeted in the past about “eating the rich” took in a taste of how the other half lives this week, when he partied at the Met Gala along with some of NY's most moneyed elite. By Carl Campanile & Nolan Hicks, NYP
Splitting the rent-hike ‘baby’ is road to ruin for NYC housing
May 3, 2023
Four radical City Council members -- Shahana Hanif, Chi Ossé, Tiffany Cabán and Sandy Nurse -- crashed the stage alongside tenant activists Tuesday as the Rent Guidelines Board met in Manhattan and agreed to a preliminary raise in rents. By NY Post
Rent board chair denounces City Council members for disrupting hearing
May 2, 2023
RGB’s Nestor Davidson raises safety concerns over “chaotic environment”. By Suzannah Cavanaugh, The Real Deal New York Real Estate News
NYC Rent Board nixes double-digit increase — but signals 7% hike could be on the way
May 2, 2023
The cost of leasing one of the roughly one million rent-stabilized apartments across the Big Apple may rise by as much as 7% next year... By Nolan Hicks and Haley Brown, The New York Post
Could N.Y.C. Rents Go Up by 16 Percent? Here’s What to Know.
April 20, 2023
A New York City panel may allow rents to rise in roughly one million rent-stabilized apartments. But increases as large as those discussed by the panel — up to 15.75 percent on two-year leases — are unlikely. By Mihir Zaveri, The New York Times
City to Rehab "Chronically Vacant" Rent-Stabilized Apartments for Tenants with Vouchers
April 19, 2023
The initiative will invest $10 million to repair stabilized units that have sat empty, and turn them over to tenants with rental assistance vouchers... By Jeanmarie Evelly, City Limits