Category: News
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Tenants Vow to Protect Essential Rent Freeze as Landlords File Suit to Protect Profits
Tenants won a rent freeze because the economic data and tenant testimony clearly supported one.
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STATEMENT: Tenants Turned Out and Elected Candidates Who Will Fight for Renters
Election results from Brooklyn to Buffalo show that tenants want elected officials who will fight to make rent affordable Tenant Bloc-endorsed candidates gain major ground in Western NY and Syracuse NEW YORK – Following the results of the 2026 Democratic Primary, NYS Tenant Bloc director Sumathy Kumar released the following statement: “Last night’s election results…
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Statewide Tenant Movement Endorses Upstate Tenant Champions to Expand Rent Stabilization
NYS Tenant Bloc Also Released Scorecard to Guide Tenant Voters in Key Races Around the State
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Statement on Mayor Mamdani’s Housing Plan
“In this new era of partnership between tenants and City Hall, we will put the worst landlords out of business, and win both affordable and dignified homes for working people
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No Increases On All Leases: Rent Guidelines Board Preliminary Vote Proposes Two-Year Rent Freeze for the First Time in Board History
This is the first time the RGB has proposed a rent freeze on two year leases in the board’s history.
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Tenants Speak at Rent Guidelines Board Hearing, Demand 2-Year Rent Freeze
2.4 Million Rent-Stabilized Tenants Would Benefit from a Rent Freeze
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Tenants Demand Rent Freeze as Data Shows Many Struggling with Rising Costs
More than Half of NYC Tenants are Rent Burdened with Nearly 10% Eviction Rate IncreaseMajority of New Yorkers Support Rent Freeze NEW YORK – This morning, the NYC Rent Guidelines Board (RGB) held its third public meeting to discuss the economic factors affecting tenants. New data show that tenants citywide, but especially in the Bronx,…
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Tenants Demand Rent Freeze as Landlords’ Mortgage Rates Decrease and the Cost of Basics Like Food and Medicine Increase
The RGB’s newly released data found that economic conditions are improving for landlords.
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Tenants Demand Rent Freeze as New RGB Data Show Landlord Profits Rise
Majority of New Yorkers Support Rent Freeze
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