Tenants PAC Rescinds Endorsements Of Three State Senate Dems
The Tenants Political Action Committee says it's voted to take the "extraordinary" step of pulling back its endorsements of three state Senate Democrats who voted against tenant-related bills on Aug....
View ArticleGOP Senator's "Nighmare Legislation For Tenants"
Rent protections for thousands of higher-income city residents would be gutted under a bill quietly introduced by Senate Republicans last week. The bill sponsored by Senate Housing Committee Chairwoman...
View ArticleBill de Blasio, John Liu Team Up For Rent Reform
Here are two new robocalls from the Real Rent Reform (or R3) Campaign in which City Comptroller John Liu and Public Advocate Bill de Blasio push for shielding tenants from possibly harmful changes to...
View ArticleTenant Advocates: Who's Behind The Curtain?
Tenant advocates believe big-money landlords are behind a Republican-led effort to "massacre" New York's rent regulations - and are looking for the documents to prove it. Our Glenn Blain reports: The...
View ArticleSen. Marty Golden: "Rent Stabilization Is Staying"
Brooklyn State Sen. Martin Golden isn’t among those in the Senate’s GOP conference who want to see New York’s rent regulations watered down. “If I have anything to do with it, rent stabilization is...
View ArticleDemocrats Rally Online For Rent Regulations
State Legislature Democrats are this afternoon aiming the power of the web at the expiration of rent regulations. "With rent regulations that protect affordable housing for over 2.5 million tenants set...
View ArticlePressure Mounts As Rent Regs Deadline Nears
With the June 15 expiration of current rent laws rapidly approaching, advocates and electeds both continue to hammer away at the topic. Below is a Real Rent Reform movement open letter to Gov. Cuomo...
View ArticleNYS Black, Puerto Rican, Hispanic and Asian Caucus Pushes Gov. Cuomo On Rent...
Black and Hispanic lawmakers offered a blunt message for Gov. Cuomo today: Deliver on rent protections -- or don’t expect our support. Our Glenn Blain reports: “We call on the governor in the manner of...
View ArticleThree Men (Plus) In A Rent Regulations Meeting
Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver said he, Gov. Cuomo, Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos and landlord representatives met to discuss the rent regulation and the reinstatement of the 421-A tax abatement...
View ArticleNothing Up But Weinergate -- AND Rent Regs
That June 15th deadline for the expiration of rent regulations may not be such a hard deadline after all. Our Glenn Blain reports: “We can always do extensions,” state Sen. Dean Skelos told reporters...
View ArticleTenant Protection Expiration Brings Fear To Bronx
State legislators are at war in Albany over renewing the rent laws that protect tenants in nearly 200,000 Bronx apartments. Our Daniel Beekman reports: "We have just seven days left before the laws...
View ArticleTenant Advocates To Protest Marty Golden
Tenant advocates are taking their battle for stronger rent regulations directly to state Sen. Martin Golden’s doorstep Saturday. Our Glenn Blain brings us this Daily Politics exclusive: Citizen Action,...
View ArticleHave NY Rent Regs Reached Emergency Status? Updated
Housing activists and some Democratic lawmakers are calling on Gov. Cuomo to declare a state of emergency if a deal is not quickly reached to extend New York's rent regulation laws. Our Lovett and...
View ArticleRent Regs Framework: More Details
The framework deal on rent calls for a four-year extension of the state’s rent laws and raises the income threshold for luxury decontrol to about $250,000 a year, a legislative source tells our Glenn...
View ArticleRent Regs "Framework" Deal Not Winning Accolades From Minority Lawmakers
The “framework” deal on rent regulations announced yesterday by Gov. Cuomo and legislative leaders isn’t winning many cheers from members of the influential Black, Puerto Rican, Hispanic and Asian...
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