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De Blasio: “the rent freeze speaks for itself”. Really?
Democratic mayoral candidate Bill De Blasio has maintained his call for a rent freeze on one million stabilized apartments next year. A De Blasio spokesman told Crain’s New York, “the rent freeze...
View ArticleWill the Rent Guidelines Board Remain Impartial?
The Rent Guidelines Board season is scheduled to begin on March 27, 2014 and the rental housing industry will be watching closely to see how Mayor de Blasio fills the vacant seats for Chairman and a...
View ArticleMayor Makes New Appointments to the Rent Guidelines Board (Finally)
Mayor de Blasio took it right down to the wire, making five new appointments to the Rent Guidelines Board just two hours before the first meeting of the board on March 27th. The Mayor replaced one of...
View ArticleOwners Must Act Now for Reasonable Rent Increases
It has been a little over a week since the Rent Guidelines Board has proposed the possibility of a zero rent increase, a first in the 46-year history of the RGB. The proposed Preliminary Rent...
View ArticleRGB Approves Historically Low Rent Increases, but Rejects Rent Freeze Backed...
A historic Rent Guidelines process has finally come to an end. Although the process typically begins in March, it felt as if this year’s RGB process began last summer when Mayor Bill de Blasio, then...
View ArticleTeaneck Rent Freeze Forecasts Upcoming Rent Guidelines Process
In October, New York City enacted the lowest rent increases in the 46-year history of the City’s Rent Guidelines Board. The only positive result to come out of last year’s Rent Guidelines process was...
View ArticleThe Making of the de Blasio Disaster
Although many in the rental housing industry predicted the unprecedented move, the City Rent Guidelines Board (RGB) voted in favor of the City’s first ever rent freeze for one-year leases at the RGB...
View ArticleWith Second Straight Rent Freeze, de Blasio Will Never Learn
The “politics before policy” reputation of the City Rent Guidelines Board (RGB) continued once again this year as Mayor Bill de Blasio’s Board voted in favor of another rent freeze for one-year leases...
View ArticleAfter Small Rent Increase, de Blasio Administration Beginning to Understand
Although most may believe that a 1.25% increase on one-year leases in the midst of a 6.2% average increase in owner operating costs is not suitable enough for rent-stabilized property owners...
View ArticleCalifornia Debate Mirrors RSA Arguments Made in NYC
This recent Mountain View, California rent control debate echoes arguments RSA had made for years to the New York City Rent Guidelines Board (RGB): CPI adjustment does not adequately compensate rental...
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