rent-stabilized units
Coverage of rent-stabilized units in the Nexus archive.
- Cea Weaver’s woke tenant group pushes to use $2.2B in taxpayer dough to take rent-stabilized units from landlords
The New York State Tenant Bloc, led by Cea Weaver until her January 2024 move to Mamdani's administration, seeks to use $2.2 billion in taxpayer funds to enable tenant groups to acquire rent-stabilized units. The proposal aims to transfer ownership of these units from landlords to tenant-backed organizations.
- Editorial | Mamdani helped New York’s rent-stabilized tenants. Now it’s time to help small landlords.
Zohran Mamdani's reconstituted Rent Guidelines Board approved a rent freeze for one- and two-year leases in over 1 million rent-stabilized units in New York City. The freeze excludes open-market tenants and raises concerns for small landlords facing rising costs, who risk financial strain or selling properties to private equity firms.
- NYC enacts rent freeze on 1M stabilized units after Mamdani accused of stacking board: ‘Absolute farce’
New York City implemented a two-year rent freeze for approximately 1 million rent-stabilized units. The decision followed accusations against Mamdani of stacking the board, which critics called an 'absolute farce'.
- Rent Guidelines Board freezes rent for NYC tenants
New York City's Rent Guidelines Board approved a rent freeze for the next lease cycle, affecting one-year and two-year leases for the city's million rent-stabilized units. Hundreds of tenants gathered at El Museo del Barrio to celebrate the decision.
- Brooklyn landlords hid rent-stabilized units from tenants, NY attorney general says
New York Attorney General Letitia James alleges that Brooklyn landlords concealed rent-stabilized units, leading tenants to pay market rents instead of regulated rates.