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The threat of a gas shutdown affecting 827 units at Amalgamated Housing Corp. has seemingly dissolved overnight. Assemblyman Jeffrey Dinowitz and state Sen. Robert Jackson succeeded in nudging state housing officials to the table Friday, May 5 for a meeting with cooperators, Con Edison, and representatives from the city’s buildings department.
Three years after a 2019 overhaul was supposed to stop landlords from removing most apartments from rent stabilization, thousands are left unaccounted for.
Developers struggle to meet rising demand for affordable housing amid soaring rents and home prices
Displaced residents have been in hotels for nearly a month, which some say are lacking basic services.
Tenants said some apartment doors failed to automatically shut, even before one "malfunctioned" and stayed open Sunday, allowing smoke to fatally spread throughout the 19-story Twin Parks Northwest tower.