The Empire Strikes Back: Two Million Rent-stabilized Tenants Face Largest Rent Increase Since Bloomberg Era
This is the year New York’s real-estate empires are striking back — with tacit support from Mayor Eric Adams.…
The Indypendent
Steven Wishnia
The City’s plan to move 250,000 retired municipal workers from Medicare to an inferior, privately run plan has been thwarted for now.
Out at Home: Freezing Ebbets Field Tenants Denounce Lack of Winter Heat, Bronx Renters Concur
The City’s haphazard enforcement of laws mandating heat and hot water during winter months leaves many tenants shivering and forced to use risky space heaters.
Supreme Court Rules in Favor of COVID
And sets the stage for future efforts to dismantle the “administrative state.”
Good-Cause Eviction Tops Tenants’ 2022 Agenda
Proposed law that would give protections to more than 1.6 million NY households gains momentum in Albany.
Taxi Drivers Launch Hunger Strike Outside of City Hall
Cabbies seek relief from crushing debts.
The Money Is Going Out the Door (Finally)
Tenants still have to navigate a complex online application form to receive rental assistance funds, but community based orgs are helping out.
You Want Me to be Blind and Toothless?
Expanding Medicare coverage to hearing, vision and dental would alleviate the suffering of millions including this writer.
How progressives cornered Cuomo to win best-in-the-nation marijuana reform law — and what comes next.
Once again, New York State’s legislative session has begun with strong support for legalizing marijuana — and two competing…