From this month’s issue: June means the start of summer, but for many New York landlords, it’s also decision time at the Rent Guidelines Board, which controls how much more money tenants in rent-stabilized apartments will have to fork over in the coming year. Landlords typically cry poor at the hearings that lead up to the annual decision on the size of the rent hike they’ll be allowed to impose. Despite evidence that shows their revenues actually climbed last year, this year they’re practically shouting. They say an 11.5 percent jump in water rates, the largest annual increase in more than a decade, and the prospect of further 8 percent annual hikes, pushes their profit margins to the edge. Meanwhile, property taxes are also on the rise. more By C. J. Hughes