Now vacant in the Bloomberg administration: a job that requires being yelled at for hours on end, hosting countless public meetings, making decisions that will leave everyone mad at you. The pay: $125 a day.
Late last year, Marvin Markus sent the city a letter of resignation from his post as chairman Read More
Location: The Rent Guidelines Board sets increases for the one million or so stabilized apartments in the city, and you’ve recommended raising rents up to 4.5 percent this year.
Mr. Markus: For a one-year lease. We do one- and two-year leases.
Obviously, the question from tenant groups and tenants is, why are their rents Read More
A State Senate forum on rent-regulation policy Thursday morning featured a long list of sharp criticisms of the existing system and calls for radical change, standard fare for events on this topic.
Some samples: The rent-regulation system “needs a wholesale reform;” there is “absolutely no rationale” for high-income decontrol; the city should implement a Read More
A State Senate forum on rent-regulation policy Thursday morning featured a long list of sharp criticisms of the existing system and calls for radical change, standard fare for events on this topic.
Some samples: The rent-regulation system “needs a wholesale reform;” there is “absolutely no rationale” for high-income decontrol; the city should implement a “rent Read More
Rent Guidelines Board chairman Marvin Markus calls for major reforms and a rent tax. Read More
