Negotiating in a pandemic: 32BJ, landlords reach reopening deal
Labor negotiations can be tense, a give-and-take dance between rivals across the table. But the pandemic changed that dynamic...
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Bill would cap emissions at many rent-regulated buildings
Last May the city enacted sweeping legislation that required buildings to cap carbon emissions — but it spared properties...
Assembly speaker fast-tracks rent relief bill
A rent-relief bill facing an uphill battle in the Assembly’s housing committee will head to the chamber floor for...
Eviction-ban bill passed by lawmakers as landlords object
State lawmakers have approved a moratorium on evictions for the remainder of the Covid-19 emergency. The bill, which still...
Vacancy decontrol of rent-stabilized units surged 70% despite new law
Landlords managed to yank nearly 8,000 apartments out of rent regulation using high-rent vacancy decontrol last year before that...
Lawmakers skip #CancelRent in favor of more modest bills
State legislators are back in action, but their cancel-rent bills are not. Lawmakers are tabling the controversial bills and...
New law shields restaurateurs, retailers who quit leases
Mayor Bill de Blasio on Tuesday signed into law a package of Covid-19 relief bills, including one that temporarily...
The Closing: Michael Gianaris
State Sen. Michael Gianaris has been an elected official in New York for the past 20 years and became one of the most pivotal figures in state politics last year when he played a...
Will Gowanus be the next botched rezoning?
Determined to avoid the divisive controversies that plague neighborhood rezonings, Brad Lander has spent years trying to build consensus for what Gowanus should become. Mayor Bill de Blasio, who preceded Lander as the area’s...
City measure to bar landlords from targeting retailers’ assets could face legal challenge
City legislation that temporarily bars landlords from going after restaurant and retailers’ personal assets may face another legal hurdle. Last week, the City Council...
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