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 4.5% for two-year leases. The rent increases would apply to leases beginning in or after October. Affordable housing has […]
David Brand/Gothamist Rents 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 one-year leases and 4.5% on two-year leases at its annual hearing inside the Museo del Barrio in East […]
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 New York City Rent Guidelines Board approved a rate increase for more than a million rent-stabilized apartments across […]
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 CITY Courtesy of CASA-New Settlement A rent freeze? Not this year. The Rent Guidelines board voted Monday night on rent increases for about one million rent-stabilized apartments of up to […]
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 in QueensCourtesy of CASA-New Settlement Bronx tenant advocates say the city’s Rent Guidelines Board (RGB) didn’t go far enough Tuesday […]
Tenants’ Friday Night Plans: Testifying at Curiously Timed City Eviction Lawyer Hearing by Sam Rabiyah, THE CITY This article was originally published on Feb 21 5:05am EST by THE CITY Tenant advocates rallied at City Hall in support of the new Right to Counsel law for housing court, Feb. 24, 2020. | Ben Fractenberg/THE CITY […]
**Español abajo The NYS Eviction Ban is set to expire on January 15, but we are still in a critical moment and we need the eviction protections! CASA demands: Extend the Eviction Ban until June 2022 Re-open the ERAP program and fully fund it to meet the remaining need Pass legislation for a State-wide RTC […]
We are celebrating our Fifth Annual Gala! Join us to celebrate tenant power, Bronx pride, and our amazing victories! We have a lot to celebrate! Friday, October 18, 6-10pm Hostos Community College, 475 Grand Concourse, Bronx Hors d’oeurvs and cocktails will be served at 6pm and the program will begin at 7pm. CASA Honorees to […]
Help us raise $2,000 to build CASA power! Here are some CASA Highlights! CASA members showed up to the City Council’s final vote to pressure the City for a fair rezoning on Jerome Avenue, and as a result won historic commitments for the community. Right to Counsel was implemented in four zip codes in the […]
We are excited to share with you updates on our fight against the Jerome Ave rezoning plan, what the final plan will mean to tenants and workers in the area including what we won and will continue to do to fight for our neighborhood! Additionally, we won major victories in our new No More MCIs […]