Mayor Bill de Blasio

By Suzannah Cavanaugh | May 28, 2021 01:00PM

The City Council voted overwhelmingly on Thursday to pass a bill that would raise the value of rental vouchers...

By Suzannah Cavanaugh | May 26, 2021 03:00PM

Odds are that a bill to raise the value of rental vouchers for homeless New Yorkers will pass the...

By Suzannah Cavanaugh | May 25, 2021 08:00AM

After more than a year of frustrated efforts in the state court system, Tax Equity Now New York’s latest...

By Orion Jones | April 29, 2021 06:50PM

A landlord can dream, right? After a year of rent freezes, owners are calling for an increase of up...

TRD Staff | September 10, 2020 08:46AM

The owners of New York fitness studios have sued Mayor Bill de Blasio over the city’s coronavirus closures, which continue to block them from...

Archive Issue

By Kathryn Brenzel | July 22, 2020 11:35AM

This story was originally published in February 2020. Five months into his mayoralty, Bill de Blasio blasted out a...

By Eddie Small | June 17, 2020 07:30AM

The city’s Gowanus rezoning may be on life support, but one pro-development group is working to revive it. Open...

By Erik Engquist | May 11, 2020 08:00AM

Sometimes a mayor can’t win. This mayor, anyway. Bill de Blasio managed to upset landlords and tenants alike by...

By Kathryn Brenzel | May 07, 2020 09:26PM

In a preliminary vote, the Rent Guidelines Board approved a proposal that would freeze rents on stabilized apartments and...

By Kathryn Brenzel and Georgia Kromrei | February 10, 2020 02:50PM

Mayor Bill de Blasio urged state lawmakers Monday to pass “universal renter protections” — but stopped short of explicitly...