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Landlords called for a 5 percent hike; tenants groups, a 5 percent roll back. The Rent Guidelines Board didn’t quite meet them in the middle.
In a preliminary vote Wednesday night, the city board approved a proposal to increase rents on stabilized apartments and lofts by 0 to 2 percent on one-year leases and 1 to 3 percent on two-year leases. Last year, the board froze rents to alleviate the pandemic’s impact on renters.
The proposal, introduced by Chair David Reiss also called for a rent freeze on rent-stabilized hotels, approved with a 7 to 2 vote.
The initial vote provides a window into which direction the nine-person board composed of two landlord, two tenant and five public representatives will lean in the final vote June 23. Tenant representative Sheila Garcia, director of Community Action for Safe Apartments, called it a temperature check though in her eight years on the board, they’ve never voted outside of the rang
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Around 250 tenants and advocates gathered in the northeast Bronx on March 11 to continue the fight to cancel rent in New York City. The Bronx is home to one of the highest populations of working-class renters in the city, in addition to being hit hard by the COVID-19 pandemic.
Organizers rallied then marched to the office of New York State Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie, demanding action from legislators to prevent an eviction wave that will come if rent is not canceled for all tenants. Heastie has downplayed the housing crisis.
The action was organized by Housing Justice for All, Community Action for Safe Apartments, the Northwest Bronx Community and Clergy Coalition and others. There, tenants explained that the injustice of an already unacceptable housing situation has been exacerbated by the pandemic. And demanded action from the government.
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