City board freezes rents for stabilized apartments
For the next year, landlords cannot automatically increase rents on stabilized apartments. The Rent Guidelines Board voted 6-3 Wednesday...
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City board to decide this week whether to freeze rents in stabilized apartments
The city’s rent board is poised to vote Wednesday on whether to freeze rents in stabilized apartments. The Rent...
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...
Rent board casts preliminary vote in favor of freezing rents
In a preliminary vote, the Rent Guidelines Board approved a proposal that would freeze rents on stabilized apartments and...
Landlords call for rent increases on rent-stabilized apartments
While tenants call for a rent rollback and the mayor calls for a freeze, landlords are asking for a...
Rent freeze is looking more likely
A rent freeze for most rent-stabilized tenants is looking more likely after one of the two landlord representatives on the Rent Guidelines Board said Thursday that she can see the logic of no increase...
Rent board report estimates 2.5% to 3.5% increases
As the mayor calls for a rent freeze, a Rent Guidelines Board report Thursday estimated that rent increases for...
Notorious RGB? Rent panel under microscope during pandemic
When it comes to the city’s rent-stabilized housing, October seems like a lifetime ago. That month, a New York...
Tenant reps on rent board: Suspend our hearings
Tenant representatives on the city’s Rent Guidelines Board are renewing calls to suspend its proceedings this year. Sheila Garcia,...
Rent-stabilized housing income fell for the first time in 15 years: report
For the first time since the early 2000s, the Rent Guidelines Board is reporting a decline in average net...