rent stabilization
Once again, the NYC Rent Board hurts landlords — and tenants in the long term
New York City's housing stock is set to grow even more distressed after the Rent Guidelines Board just voted yet again to limit increases for a million rent-stabilized apartments to...
With NYC's affordable housing in crisis, rents must rise to keep buildings from going under
Tenants and owners in every neighborhood of New York City are suffering the effects of years of economically damaging housing policies and underfunded rent increases. That’s why there’s so much...
Chi Ossé's brokers' fee bill will make the NYC housing market worse
Rent costs in Manhattan, Queens and Brooklyn are at record highs, but progressive City Councilman Chi Ossé is looking to raise rents in the Big Apple even more.
Albany can't let insane NY housing laws send Bronx back to bad old days
As a building worker strike looms, the Legislature and Gov. Hochul cannot let The Bronx burn again.
Proof that Albany's 'pro-tenant' reforms are killing NYC housing
Building owners warned that Albany’s draconian 2019 rent-law changes meant to "protect" tenants would actually prove disastrous to them, as well as to landlords, and new data show how right...
Viral TikTok highlights the insanity of NYC rent regulations
TikToker Carla Badami just racked up 4 million views for explaining how a rent-stabilized New York City tenant can ask the state government for a rent record and ensure it...
Upstate lifer Gov. Kathy Hochul reveals she keeps second home in NYC: 'I live in Manhattan'
Lifelong upstater Gov. Kathy Hochul dropped a geographic bombshell on Sunday — saying "I live in Manhattan" — while ranting about Big Apple congestion and reckless e-bikers and cyclists.
All for me, none for thee: Anti-housing NYC pol Linda Rosenthal pays just $1,573 for palatial, 5-room rent-stabilized apartment
Nice living — if you can get it.
NYC tenants shocked by exorbitant broker fees, including $15K to secure $1,100 rent-stabilized Queens apartment
City dwellers wanting to score a place to live at a reasonable price are finding that out the hard way as they are being socked with outrageous fees of up...
Bronx building collapse is a warning of disasters likely to get ever more common
We'll see more incidents like Monday's partial collapse of a 47-unit Bronx building as progressives make it impossible for building owners to make ends meet.
Progressives created NYC's housing crisis and it'll only grow worse until we let builders and owners turn a fair profit
Progressives are jumping on the Community Service Society’s finding that a third of New Yorkers are paying over half their income for rent.
Supreme Court could still take down NYC's insane rent-control regime
The evidence is in: Rent regulation is a political scam. There are better ways to help Americans afford a place to live.
San Fran unveils jaw-dropping $900 monthly rent for tiny 4-foot pods amid housing crisis
Brownstone Shared Housing is the brains behind a creative "solution" to San Francisco's overpriced housing market: communal living pods.
Tenants of Harper Lee's dirt-cheap NYC apartment sue over 'illegal' deregulation
The late author paid $845.89 monthly for her stabilized Yorkville apartment at the time of her death in 2016 -- in 2022, it rented for $2,950.
Look out: Supreme Court may soon nix New York rent control
The Supreme Court must say no to New York's insane rent control schemes.
Want to end apartment warehousing? Ease up on rent-control laws
New Yorks rent control laws are cratering the city's housing supply.
Adams declares he's 'symbol of black manhood' while defending Nazi survivor-slave owner rant
Adams continues to defend his outsized reaction to an 84-year-old Holocaust survivor who dared to question him, declaring himself “the symbol of black manhood.”
Reps. Stefanik, Malliotakis urge Hochul to veto housing bills they say would destablize market
Republican Reps. Elise Stefanik and Nicole Malliotakis are urging Gov. Kathy Hochul to veto 2 bills they claim would force landlords to lower rents approved years ago and destabilize the...
Hey, Mayor Adams, not every criticism is about race
Jeanie Dubnau, a Rutgers assistant prof and longtime housing gadfly, assailed Mayor Eric Adams over the rent hikes just approved by the Rent Guidelines Board.
Do the math, Rent Board: Let NYC landlords charge enough to pay their bills
New York City's Rent Guidelines Board is set to vote on rent adjustments for 1- and 2-year leases of rent-stabilized apartments.