Nonsponsored City Approves “Rent Freeze” For Second Consecutive Year (Photo by the Flatbush Tenant Coalition / Facebook)For the second consecutive year, the Rent Guidelines Board voted last night to approve a rent freeze on one-year leases for over one million tenants in rent stabilized housing. The news was bittersweet for local tenants rights advocates, who were fighting for more
Nonsponsored Submit Your Comments About Upcoming Rent Stabilization Increases (Photo: Alex Ellefson / Sheepshead Bites)Do you have a rent-stabilized lease? Are you concerned about a rent increase? Testimony from the public is now being accepted regarding the proposed rent increase guidelines for rent stabilized apartments, lofts, and hotel units with leases renewing between October 1, 2016 and September 3,
rent regulation City Board Votes In Favor Of Historic Rent Freeze Photo by ClareFor the first time in New York City’s history, the Rent Guidelines Board voted Monday night to green-light a rent freeze for the city’s approximate two million residents living in rent-stabilized homes, eliciting cheers of approval from elected officials and neighbors who have long called for
Census Rents Up More Than 40 Percent In Neighborhood Since 2002 via Community Service SocietyAccording to the Community Service Society, rents in our neighborhood have gone up 41-52 percent since 2002, when adjusted for inflation. That’s even more than the average of 32 percent for the entire city. To find these numbers, the Community Service Society analyzed the just-released U.
bensonhurst housing Seniors: Learn How To Stop Rent Increases April 8 At The New Utrecht Library Image via nyc.govIf you’re 62 or older, living in rent-regulated Bensonhurst housing (or housing elsewhere in the five boroughs), and facing rent increases by the year, there’s hope to stop them — and an event this week at the New Utrecht Library (1743 86th Street at Bay
employment Video: Senator Marty Golden Speaks In the above video clip, taken from of a segment of Albany news program Capital Tonight, Senator Marty Golden discusses protests; as well as employment, gridlock in Albany, mandate relief, property tax caps, rent control and same-sex marriage. State Senator Marty Golden represents District 22, which includes Bay Ridge, Dyker
