Rent Guidelines Board News

Tenant advocates protest during a Rent Guidelines Board meeting at Hunter College.

Will the Next Mayor Freeze Rent? That Could Be Up to Eric Adams

May 1, 2025, 5:45 p.m.May 2, 2025, 5:58 a.m.

The Rent Guidelines Board is readying a hike as high as 4.75% — and could favor landlords well into the next mayor’s term despite many candidates’ call for no increase.

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Rent Board Approves 2.75% Hike on One-Year Leases and 5.25% for Two Years in Contentious Vote

June 17, 2024, 9:28 p.m.June 17, 2024, 9:29 p.m.

Eleven tenant protesters were arrested outside Hunter College but demands for a rent freeze went unheard, as landlords warned income will lag costs.

Housing

Regulated Apartments Vanish at Rising Rate, Rent Board Learns as It Readies Hike Vote

May 23, 2024, 4:02 p.m.May 23, 2024, 4:14 p.m.

Final research from the board shows units were removed from rent stabilization via various loopholes, including renovations on vacated apartments.

Rent Guidelines Board Chair Nestor Davidson speaks at their first public hearing of the year.

Housing

Rent Board Reckons With Landlord Highs and Lows as it Considers Hikes

March 28, 2024, 2:24 p.m.March 28, 2024, 2:26 p.m.

Owners’ income surged in Manhattan and sagged in The Bronx amid the pandemic recovery, with 1 in 10 buildings now spending more to operate than tenants pay.

of the Rent Guidelines Board prepare to take a preliminary vote while council and tenant advocates try to disrupt the meeting at Cooper Union, May 2, 2023.

How to New York

How the Rent Guidelines Board Sets the Hike on Your Next Lease

March 27, 2024, 2:10 p.m.May 14, 2024, 3:57 p.m.

The nine-person takes a final vote in June affecting one million rent-stabilized apartments. Here’s THE CITY’s guide to how the RGB decides how much is too much for tenants to pay.

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Rent Board Approves 3% Hike for Stabilized Tenants

June 21, 2023, 8:59 p.m.June 21, 2023, 10:14 p.m.

While the increase is at the lower end of the range the RGB previously had proposed, it’s larger than any hike from the de Blasio years.

The Bronx

Tenants Protest Looming Hike as Landlords Duck Bronx Rent Board Hearing

June 5, 2023, 10:31 p.m.June 5, 2023, 10:43 p.m.

Not a single person spoke in favor of the board’s proposed rent increases at a sparse but vocal airing of testimony at Hostos Community College.

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Rent Guidelines Board Approves 2% to 5% Increase on One-Year Leases

May 2, 2023, 10:09 p.m.Oct. 12, 2023, 8:04 a.m.

In this preliminary vote, the board also approved 4% to 7% maximum increases on two-year leases. A final vote is coming next month.

Housing

Tenants and Landlords Make Pitch to Rent Guidelines Board Ahead of First Hike Vote

April 27, 2023, 8:05 p.m.May 2, 2023, 4:43 p.m.

Eviction fears and operating cost inflation fuel an unusually sharp clash in testimony to that will decide rent hikes potentially as high as 8.5% next year.

How to New York

How the Rent Guidelines Board Sets the Price on Your Next Lease

April 27, 2023, 5:00 a.m.Oct. 11, 2023, 1:15 p.m.

The nine-person board is about to take its preliminary vote, then hear rowdy input from the public. As the city’s affordability crisis worsens, the process is set to be as tense as ever in 2023.

Rent Guidelines Board

Will the Next Mayor Freeze Rent? That Could Be Up to Eric Adams

Rent Board Approves 2.75% Hike on One-Year Leases and 5.25% for Two Years in Contentious Vote

Regulated Apartments Vanish at Rising Rate, Rent Board Learns as It Readies Hike Vote

Rent Board Reckons With Landlord Highs and Lows as it Considers Hikes

How the Rent Guidelines Board Sets the Hike on Your Next Lease

Rent Board Approves 3% Hike for Stabilized Tenants

Tenants Protest Looming Hike as Landlords Duck Bronx Rent Board Hearing

Rent Guidelines Board Approves 2% to 5% Increase on One-Year Leases

Tenants and Landlords Make Pitch to Rent Guidelines Board Ahead of First Hike Vote

How the Rent Guidelines Board Sets the Price on Your Next Lease

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