Following Governor Andrew Cuomo’s loud and proud declaration of support for rent-regulation, the Rent Stabilization Association has launched a new series of commercials explaining how the regulations only benefit Manhattan’s rich. The advertisements are now airing on local radio stations, according to the New York Observer.
One woman, featured in the commercials, says she rents out six affordable housing units in Crown Heights. “Vacancy and luxury control?” she says, “Not an issue in my neighborhood. Who is Albany really protecting? Nobody in Brooklyn. Just wealthy Manhattan renters.”
As previously reported, Cuomo recently announced it would be “a crisis of our state” if the state legislature failed to extend rent laws beyond their June 15 deadline. [NYO]