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Rent Guidelines Board approves hike on rent-stabilized leases, ignores calls for rent freeze
Phil Taitt has more detail on the effect these bills will have.HARLEM, Manhattan (WABC) -- Despite calls for a rent freeze, the NYC Rent Guidelines Board approved a 3% increase for one-year rent-stabilized leases, and ...
Amid Mamdani’s call for rent freeze, NYC board approves up to 4.5% hike
David Brand/GothamistRents for New York City’s roughly 1 million regulated apartments will rise starting in October, the Rent Guidelines Board voted Monday.The nine-member panel of mayoral appointees elected to raise rent by 3% on new ...
NYC Rent Guidelines Board approves rate increase for 1 million rent-stabilized units
While huge crowds of tenants in attendance wanted the rates to remain the same, many said they were not surprised by the rate hike — though they were angry. Ida Siegal reports for News 4. The ...
No Rent Freeze as Board Approves Hikes Up To 4.5%
Members of the NY state tenants bloc chanted "Freeze the Rent!" and "Mamdani" at the Rent Guidelines Board hearing. June 30, 2025 Credit: Alex Krales/ THE CITYCourtesy of CASA-New SettlementA rent freeze? Not this year.The Rent ...
Rent Guidelines Board trims hike, but Bronx pushback grows: ‘Not far enough’
CASA Tenant Organizer Joanne Grell addressed a crowd of protesters calling on the Rent Guidelines Board to implement a rent freeze outside it’s initial preliminary vote on April 30, 2025 at La Guardia Community College ...
NYC Mayoral Candidates Hear From Irked Tenants About Housing Crisis
Tenants said they hope candidates commit to a rent freeze, focus on homelessness, and help senior citizens and families afford their apartments.Bronx tenants voiced their concerns about the city’s housing crisis and heard how mayoral ...