Landlords

With Prices Up Everywhere, Water Bills On the Rise, Too

May 22, 2022, 9:19 p.m.May 22, 2022, 9:19 p.m.

The Department of Environmental Protection has floated the biggest rate hike since 2014. The public is invited to weigh in two days this week.

A row of South Bronx tenement buildings held a mix of apartments and businesses on he ground floor.

Housing

Rent Hikes Between 2.7% and 9% Floated by Guidelines Board Staff in Set-Up to Final Vote

April 14, 2022, 8:04 p.m.April 14, 2022, 9:40 p.m.

The new figures are a guide for the nine-member Rent Guidelines Board before they make a preliminary recommendation in May, then a final vote on rent guidelines in June.

Unions

Luxury Building Doormen Authorize Strike as Bargaining Negotiations Stall

April 13, 2022, 7:03 p.m.April 13, 2022, 7:25 p.m.

More than 30,000 luxury building workers and doormen authorized a strike on Wednesday if they do not reach a deal on a collective bargaining agreement that expires April 20.

Rent Guidelines Board

In Adams, Landlords See Hope for a Rent Hike on Regulated Apts as Bills Pile Up

April 11, 2022, 7:28 p.m.April 12, 2022, 12:38 p.m.

The Rent Guidelines Board kept rent increases historically low during the de Blasio istration. The board must vote on rent prices by July 1, and Mayor Eric Adams’ recent appointees are worrying tenant advocates.

How to New York

More Money? Pushy Landlord? Your Emergency Rental Assistance Program (ERAP) Questions Answered

March 7, 2022, 8:10 p.m.May 14, 2024, 3:45 p.m.

The backlog is thousands deep, and even those who got approved for funds have hit snags. Here’s your ERAP update from THE CITY’s Rent Updates newsletter.

How to New York

A Tenant’s Guide to 421-a, the City’s Biggest Tax Break for Developers and Landlords

Feb. 11, 2022, 8:29 a.m.May 14, 2024, 3:43 p.m.

The 421-a tax incentive costs the state $1.7 billion a year in lost revenue. Builders say, without it, New York’s housing crisis would be even worse. Here’s what to know as Albany debates the discount’s future.

Housing

Bronx Fire Highlights How Energy-Efficiency Push Could Save Lives Beyond Climate Change

Jan. 19, 2022, 7:59 p.m.Jan. 19, 2022, 10:08 p.m.

Newly mandated improvements to building energy efficiency in New York aren’t just ways to mitigate climate change and get off of fossil fuels, but could lead to immediate quality of life benefits for people living in affordable housing.

How to New York

As Eviction Pause Ends in New York, Here’s What Tenants Should Know

Jan. 14, 2022, 9:52 a.m.Oct. 13, 2023, 2:53 p.m.

More than 200,000 eviction cases currently pending in city housing courts could begin to move forward again as early as Tuesday. Read this if yours may be one of them.

Rent

Tenants and Landlords Call on Hochul to Reopen Rent Relief Applications as Eviction Crisis Looms

Nov. 22, 2021, 6:47 p.m.Nov. 22, 2021, 6:47 p.m.

Both sides agree that residents should be able to file for help even as the governor seeks a billion dollars from the federals to kickstart the pandemic aid. Meanwhile, debts and concerns mount as eviction moratorium end nears.

Housing

Jackson Heights Tenants Sue to Get Their Burned Out Building Back — and Get Back In

Sept. 21, 2021, 4:17 p.m.Sept. 21, 2021, 4:17 p.m.

Many survivors of an eight-alarm fire are still barred from even retrieving their possessions. They’re in court now demanding swift action to make their apartments habitable again.

Landlords

With Prices Up Everywhere, Water Bills On the Rise, Too

Rent Hikes Between 2.7% and 9% Floated by Guidelines Board Staff in Set-Up to Final Vote

Luxury Building Doormen Authorize Strike as Bargaining Negotiations Stall

In Adams, Landlords See Hope for a Rent Hike on Regulated Apts as Bills Pile Up

More Money? Pushy Landlord? Your Emergency Rental Assistance Program (ERAP) Questions Answered

A Tenant’s Guide to 421-a, the City’s Biggest Tax Break for Developers and Landlords

Bronx Fire Highlights How Energy-Efficiency Push Could Save Lives Beyond Climate Change

As Eviction Pause Ends in New York, Here’s What Tenants Should Know

Tenants and Landlords Call on Hochul to Reopen Rent Relief Applications as Eviction Crisis Looms

Jackson Heights Tenants Sue to Get Their Burned Out Building Back — and Get Back In

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