Cuomo Calls for Strengthening Rent Reg Laws
Governor Cuomo released the video above yesterday saying that if rent-regulation laws are allowed to expire next month, it would be a “crisis” for the state and that the laws need to be extended and...
View ArticleThe Case Against Rent Stabilization
The Supreme Court is “taking a surprisingly serious look” at New York’s rent regulation laws, according to a story in the Journal outlining the legal precedents that a Manhattan couple are using to...
View ArticleRent Stabilization: Fair, Foul, or Futile to Complain About?
This week’s “Big City” column in the Times by Ginia Bellafante tackles the rent-regulation debate du jour, the case that the Supreme Court is looking at concerning an Upper West Side couple that are...
View ArticleCity Extending Rent Regulations for at Least 3 More Years
Via City Room: “Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg signed a bill on Monday that extended the city’s participation in rent regulation for another three years by redeclaring a state of housing emergency, even as...
View ArticlePoliticians Rally for Rent Guidelines Board Reform
Some local politicians, including State Senator Daniel Squadron, Assemblymember Brian Kavanagh, and City Council Speaker Christine C. Quinn, held a rally yesterday morning calling for the passage of...
View ArticleSupremes Won’t Hear Appeal on Rent Stabilization
AP via NBC: “The Supreme Court won’t hear an appeal that seeks to end rent stabilization laws in New York City. The high court on Monday refused to hear an appeal from James and Jeanne Harmon, who have...
View ArticlePols Rally to Protect Rent Stabilization Benefits
Today State Senator Daniel Squadron, along with other elected officials, including Manhattan Borough President Scott Stringer, are rallying to protest a court decision that jeopardizes tens of...
View ArticleRent Stabilization Battle Brews in Downtown Brooklyn
When the 18-story apartment building at 85 Livingston Street in Downtown Brooklyn (The Daily News calls it Brooklyn Heights but we suspect that’s just because it makes for a juicier headline) went...
View ArticleCobble Hill Towers More Than 30 Percent Sold
The condos at historic Cobble Hill Towers are more than 30 percent sold, said David Kramer, principal of the Hudson Companies Inc., which is renovating parts of the property and handling the condo...
View ArticleThree Mayoral Candidates Want Rent Freeze
At a Rent Guidelines Board hearing Thursday, three Democratic mayoral candidates spoke in favor of freezing rents for regulated apartments. Usually, candidates for office do not attend rent hearings....
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