Tenants May Catch a Break: 50,000 apartments eyed for illegally high rents
Governor Andrew Cuomo has pledged a “major initiative to return up to 50,000 illegally deregulated apartments to rent regulation,”…
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Steven Wishnia
Who Can Afford ‘Affordable’ Housing?
Mayor Bill de Blasio says he has proposed “the largest affordable housing plan in the history of this city…
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While Silver Lined His Pockets, Tenants Lost Out
In the summer of 1997, my then-girlfriend moved into a studio apartment in Williamsburg, a few blocks from the…
Rats! Landlord Gets Tax Breaks, Bronx Tenants Get Squalor, Rent Hikes
In the depths of the crack era, 1111 Gerard Avenue was an oasis in the Bronx. “When I first…
Albany Hits Tenants with ‘One Big Ugly’
The four-year extension of the state’s rent laws enacted by the legislature on June 26 will do next to…
Tenants Demand Rent Rollback, De Blasio’s RGB Says ‘Meh’
The South Bronx met the liberal policy wonks of the de Blasio administration on April 29, and the Bronx…
New York’s Tenant Laws Are In Peril
For those seeking to stitch the gashes in New York’s rent-regulation laws and stop the hemorrhage of affordable housing,…
How Landlords Harass Old People
Landlords trying to drive out rent-regulated tenants generally use the same harassment methods against the elderly as they do…
Greening the Union Label: Zero Carbon Future Could Be a Jobs Bonanza
From teachers to transit workers, civil servants to electricians, the People’s Climate March will have more organized-labor participation than…
What’s A Cop To Do? Life After Eric Garner’s Death
It’s barely a 10-minute walk from the ferry, but Staten Island’s Tompkinsville feels like it’s in a different city…