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Photo by gofaceyourself [https://instagram.com/p/07y3Pbju4X/?taken-by=gofaceyourself]In response to looming subway and bus fare hikes [/with-impending-fare-hike-for-subways-buses-riders-to-have-limited-input-vote/] , advocates are renewing their call to Mayor de Blasio to implement half-priced MetroCards for low-income riders. The MTA has announced a two-year, 4 percent fare hike, taking effect in March
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via Community Service Society [http://www.cssny.org/news/entry/as-albany-debates-rent-regulation-css-analysis-shows-rapidly-rising-rents-i] According to the Community Service Society [http://www.cssny.org/news/entry/as-albany-debates-rent-regulation-css-analysis-shows-rapidly-rising-rents-i] , rents in our neighborhood have gone up 52 percent since 2002, when adjusted for inflation. That’s even more than the average of 32 percent for
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State Sen. Kevin Parker with members of the Flatbush Tenant Coalition.While the state legislators who members of the Flatbush Tenant Coalition [https://www.facebook.com/FlatbushTenantCoalition?fref=ts] visited in Albany [/blog/news/following-the-affordable-housing-fight] on Tuesday were generally supportive of strengthening rent laws, not all of them agreed with