Rent Guidelines Board

East Village Tenants Say New Landlord Is Pushing Them Out

March 31, 2023, 11:38 a.m.March 31, 2023, 1:29 p.m.

Long-time residents say they’re being hit with huge rent increases that have unsettled their lives and forced some of them to leave the building.

Rent

Landlords Demand Major Rent Increase After Dismal Housing Report

March 30, 2023, 6:13 p.m.March 30, 2023, 6:13 p.m.

The Rent Guidelines Board finds an increase in the number of financially stressed rent-regulated buildings.

Housing

Rent Guidelines Board 3.25% Hike Is Biggest in Nearly a Decade

June 21, 2022, 10:17 p.m.June 23, 2022, 8:17 a.m.

Tenants jeer jump in regulated rents — which landlords say is necessary to counter inflation but still doesn’t cover rising costs.

Rent Guidelines Board

What Albany Did and Didn’t Do on Rent and Housing This Session

June 5, 2022, 7:46 p.m.March 14, 2024, 2:24 p.m.

Both ‘good cause’ and a tax break for developers are doomed, and other things tenants should know about what made the cut in the state capital.

Rent

Lease Hikes Are Coming: Your Guide on the Rent Board’s Next Move

May 10, 2022, 3:43 p.m.May 10, 2022, 3:43 p.m.

The Rent Guidelines Board will hold two public hearings in June before a final vote on rent regulated lease renewals. Here’s how to testify.

Housing

Rent Board Reins in Suggested Increase, Proposing 2% to 4%

May 5, 2022, 10:13 p.m.March 14, 2024, 2:23 p.m.

A compromise touted by Mayor Eric Adams leaves nobody happy, with landlords warning about higher costs and tenant advocates pointing to a spike in evictions and homelessness.

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.

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.

Rent Regulation

Can the Pandemic Give Commercial Rent Control a New Lease on Life?

Sept. 16, 2021, 10:43 a.m.Sept. 16, 2021, 10:43 a.m.

Shopkeepers say the COVID recession proved the precarious position of small business owners. Landlords, staggered by empty storefronts, say they can’t afford restrictions. Now, a last-ditch rent regulation bid is headed to the City Council.

Rent

Renewing Your NYC Rental-Stabilized Apartment Lease? It’s Complicated This Time

July 22, 2021, 5:19 p.m.July 22, 2021, 5:26 p.m.

The city Rent Guidelines Board decided to freeze the rent for the first six months — and then allow limited increases in the second six months for one-year leases. Here’s what you need to know to protect your rights.

Rent Guidelines Board

East Village Tenants Say New Landlord Is Pushing Them Out

Landlords Demand Major Rent Increase After Dismal Housing Report

Rent Guidelines Board 3.25% Hike Is Biggest in Nearly a Decade

What Albany Did and Didn’t Do on Rent and Housing This Session

Lease Hikes Are Coming: Your Guide on the Rent Board’s Next Move

Rent Board Reins in Suggested Increase, Proposing 2% to 4%

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

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

Can the Pandemic Give Commercial Rent Control a New Lease on Life?

Renewing Your NYC Rental-Stabilized Apartment Lease? It’s Complicated This Time

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