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Tenants won an RGB Rent Freeze for 1-year renewals (2% increase for 2-year...
New York City Board Votes to Freeze Regulated Rents on One-Year Leases - NY TimesTenants chanted before the city’s Rent Guidelines Board voted on Monday at the Great Hall at Cooper Union for the...
View ArticleLosses to Rent Regulation from 2007 to 2014
Whither Rent Regulation - Excerpted from a blog by John KraussJul 1st, 2015EXCERPTS : Buildings that are 100% stabilized look the same on [DHCR's] list as buildings with just one apartment left in...
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Key change in 2015 Albany law can slow deregulation
Tucked into Albany's renewal of the rent laws is a new provision, described by the https://amirentstabilized.com/(landlords') Rent Stabilization Association:"For high-rent vacancy deregulations based...
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NYC was shortchanged under 421-A - NY Post
NY Post ExcerptCity was shortchanged on affordable housing: reportBy Yoav GonenJuly 14, 2015 | 10:38pmThe city was shortchanged on the number of affordable apartments created under the 421-a...
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Five myths about public housing - and plan to build MARKET-RATE apartments in...
Check out Five Myths About Public Housing, including: People want to live there, even though the lack of government funding has led to run-down buildings.Mayor de Blasio plans to build hundreds of...
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Landlord tactics (real and presumed) to oust tenants
Despite being taken to task (too mildly to make a difference, it seems), some landlords persist in working with "tenant relocators" or taking other moves whose result would be to oust tenants. Some...
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Key change to de-regulation - so far with court support
Key Change in Rent Law Was OverlookedDavid Hershey-Webb, New York Law JournalJuly 6, 2015 | 1 CommentsEXCERPT: In their summary of the new rent laws, "Noteworthy Changes Enacted by the Rent Act of...
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NO affordable homes in NYC for those making the minimum wage
NY Daily NewsThe NY Daily News reports a recent study by StreetEasy Research showing there is absolutely NO housing in NYC that a household with one minimum wage earner can afford. The Daily News...
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3 New Laws to Make it Harder for Owner to Harass You Out of Your Apartment
(Photo: Tarika Roongsri in Bedford+Bowery)Mayor de Blasio has signed into law 3 new laws that make it harder for landlords to pressure tenants out:· Intro. 757-A, sponsored by Speaker Melissa...
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Tenants PAC fundraiser: Friday, Sept. 18 on W. 48th St.
It's time to get Back to Work for the Future!!Come to the TENANTS PAC FUNDRAISER on Friday, Sept. 18, 2015 from 6:30-9 PM at Local 802, American Federation of Musicians, 322 W. 48th St. (between 8th...
View ArticleAltman case (codified by June 2015 law) could mean apartments get...
Brick UndergroundASK A RENTERS RIGHTS LAWYER FEATURED PARTNERATTENTION NYC RENTERS: THANKS TO A NEW RULING, YOUR APARTMENT MIGHT BE RENT-STABILIZED AFTER ALL9/14/15 - 2:49 PMExcerpt: Huge news in the...
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Cuomoville
Round up of news from Cuomoville:New York City’s Worst Neighborhood: ‘Cuomoville’- Village Voice'Cuomoville' Is Back: Tenants Rights Activists Plan Campout At Governor's NYC Office - Patch'Cuomoville'...
View ArticleNew York State Assembly passed three pro-tenant bills!
On Tuesday, June 14 the New York State Assembly passed three important pro-tenant bills:Repeals Vacancy Decontrol & re-regulates almost all deregulated apartments - A433 (Linda Rosenthal, et...
View ArticlePreferential Rent in the News #PreferentialScam
Many ‘Rent-Stabilized’ NYC Apartments Are Not Really Stabilized. See Where They Are. - PropublicaThe units are supposed to be protected from steep rent hikes. But thanks to a loophole, owners can seek...
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Why Is My Rent so High? Queens Rent Law Teach- in
Why Is My Rent so High? Queens Rent Law Teach- inJoin Real Rent Reform and Queens Tenant Organizations for a discussion on how Landlords are using the Preferential Rent loophole and the Vacancy Bonus...
View ArticleWhy is My Rent so High? ¿Por qué mi alquiler es tan alto?
Español abajoWhy is My Rent so High?The problems with the rent laws and what we can do about it Community MeetingTuesday Aug 8th, 7 - 9 PM99 Ft. Washington Ave.Riverstone Senior Center RSVP:...
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Frequently Asked Questions: Preferential Rent
Frequently Asked Questions: Preferential RentQ: What is preferential rent?A: Preferential rent is any rent charged to a rent stabilized tenant that is lower than the legal rent. If you are one of the...
View ArticleFrequently Asked Questions: “Vacancy Bonus”
Frequently Asked Questions: “Vacancy Bonus”Q: What is the “vacancy bonus”?A: When a tenant leaves, the landlord is generally granted a vacancy bonus that allows the landlord to increase the rent by an...
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