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hrmjustin

(71,265 posts)
Mon Jun 16, 2014, 05:27 PM Jun 2014

City Council members to call for rent freeze

Ryan Hutchins

More than half a dozen City Council members will speak out Monday afternoon in favor of freezing rents for the nearly one million New Yorkers who live in rent-regulated housing, Capital has learned.

The council members are expected to speak at a public hearing being held by the Rent Guidelines Board, which is set to vote on possible rent increases on June 23. This is the first time the 45-year-old board has considered a zero-percent increase.

Council members Margaret Chin, Dan Garodnick, Corey Johnson, Ben Kallos, Mark Levine, Ydanis Rodriguez and Helen Rosenthal are scheduled to testify at the hearing, which is starting this hour, according to a draft press release obtained by Capital. City Comptroller Scott Stringer is also scheduled to testify at 5:30 p.m.

The council members will argue that the board, for years now, has favored the interests of landlords over the interests of tenants and that it is time residents get some relief.

http://www.capitalnewyork.com/article/real-estate/2014/06/8547272/city-council-members-call-rent-freeze

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City Council members to call for rent freeze (Original Post) hrmjustin Jun 2014 OP
+100 rug Jun 2014 #1
Agreed! The landlords do nothing and people have to pay more. hrmjustin Jun 2014 #2
Have you watched that show, Million Dollar Listing New York, on Bravo? rug Jun 2014 #3
I watched it once and it was disturbing. hrmjustin Jun 2014 #4
 

rug

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3. Have you watched that show, Million Dollar Listing New York, on Bravo?
Mon Jun 16, 2014, 05:39 PM
Jun 2014

Everyone on it reminds me of flies feeding on the carcass of the millions just looking for a decent place to live.

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