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 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 candidates plan to solve it.People gathered on Sunday at the Wendell Foster Park and Recreation Center in Highbridge for […]
Originally published by Eileen Lehpamer via PIX11 on Feb. 28, 2024 THE BRONX, N.Y. (PIX11) — Rats, roaches and a lack of repairs. Those are the complaints of some residents of a rent-stabilized apartment building at 115 East 169th St. in the Bronx. They held a rally Wednesday night in the lobby of the […]
Originally publish by Anthony Carlo via ABC7NY on Feb. 28. 2024 MOUNT EDEN, The Bronx (WABC) — Residents at an apartment building in the Bronx say they are fed up with building management, claiming it has neglected nearly 200 open violations, including an often-broken elevator and apartments full of lead. The exposed walls and piles of […]
Originally published by Natalie Hernandez and Adolfo Carrion via News12 on Feb. 29, 2024 Residents in one Mount Eden building are taking a legal stand against their management company. The tenants living at 115 East 169th St. say they’re fed up after a fire broke out on Feb. 11. It displaced eight families and […]
Originally published by Muhammad Jawad via BNN on Feb. 28, 2024 Residents of a Bronx apartment complex are taking legal action against Denali Management, alleging negligence in addressing severe infestations and repair issues. The lawsuit aims to spotlight the broader issue of landlord accountability in New York City and may set a precedent for strengthening […]