The Rent Guidelines Control Board approved its preliminary rent increases suggestions last night, proposing the highest hikes in years. One-year leases could rise 3 percent to 5.75 percent while two-year deals are staring down a jump between 6 percent and 9 percent.
But what has really inflamed tenants and even some landlords is a first-ever Read More
During a meeting Monday with Democratic Senate and Assembly members and activists, the typically monotone Andrew Cuomo was furious. “I can’t believe they mentioned my family,” the governor said.
He was referring to a heavily edited YouTube video of Joseph Strasburg, president of the pro-landlord Rent Stabilization Association, at a town Read More
With the governor taking a hard line on budget negotiations, no one would accuse Andrew Cuomo of being a wimp these days, least of all the real estate industry:
“If any of you know the history of the Cuomo family, it’s either my way or I’m going to screw you,” said Joseph Strasburg, head of Read More
Location: You deal mostly with Albany, right?
Mr. Strasburg: The City Council has other responsibilities in terms of their policies, but clearly, in terms of what’s more important, it is Albany.
How’s that been going this past session?
There is a level of dysfunctionality in Albany. At least at the Read More
Mike McKee was in the State Capitol Monday afternoon, eagerly awaiting Tuesday. For the past three years, the white-haired, bearded activist had devoted his efforts almost exclusively to passing sweeping new rent regulations in the State Senate that favor the city’s one million–plus stabilized tenants.
As of early afternoon Monday, the chamber’s housing committee Read More
Mike McKee was in the State Capitol Monday afternoon, eagerly awaiting Tuesday. For the past three years, the white-haired, bearded activist had devoted his efforts almost exclusively to passing sweeping new rent regulations in the State Senate that favor the city’s one million–plus stabilized tenants.
As of early afternoon Monday, the chamber’s housing committee Read More
Senate switch has tenant activists despondent over rent-stabilization change, but landlords hold the Read More
Early Monday afternoon, Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver strode into a conference room at the State Capitol to perform a familiar, almost ritual act for the Democratic leader.
Flanked by a handful of smiling New York City–based colleagues, Mr. Silver stood at a wooden podium and announced the forthcoming passage of a Read More
Pataki: Is He for Real?
Having done significant damage to New York in his three terms as Governor, leaving a mountain of debt and a fragmented and ineffectual state Republican Party, George Pataki has apparently decided to further muck up his final months in office with some blatantly sleazy moves. Why are we not Read More
