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Emily Ratajkowski Is Defending Her Husband Against Claims That He’s Not Paying Rent

Ratajkowski says her movie producer husband isn't a rich freeloader.
By Morgan Halberg
Buyouts can mean a headach—or a windfall—for tenants.

(Almost) Every Tenant Has His Price

In a city where development parcels are in hot demand, rent-stabilized properties are natural targets. Before you can build, though, you have to somehow accommodate existing residents, and while stabilization is primarily a tool to protect New York’s middle class from a voracious housing market, the ongoing building boom has given some rent-stabilized tenants shots at a jackpot.
By Adam Bonislawski
demonstration arrests

Afternoon Bulletin: 40 Arrested at Protest March, NYPD Changes Tactics After Dallas

40 people were arrested at a demonstration against police shootings yesterday and the NYPD is changing tactics after the Dallas attacks.
By Josh Keefe
Zephyr Teachout, a Democratic candidate in today's Congressional primary. (Photo by Andrew Burton/Getty Images)

Afternoon Bulletin: Primary Day, Hamilton Gaffes and Cowboy Commutes

By Dani Blum
A New York Police officer demarcates a crime scene in the Bronx.

The New York I Never Imagined—for Better, for Worse

By Jeff Greenfield
Bedford Ave is Brooklyn's priciest spot for retail space, gentrification at its finest (Photo: Getty)

Afternoon Bulletin: Brooklyn Officially Has Priciest Retail Rents, Gets a Katz Deli

By Lisa Brown
NEW YORK - APRIL 14: An interior view of a model condominium at the benefit for "Rosie's Broadway Kids," at the sales center for Platinum luxury condominiums April 14, 2008 in New York City. (Photo by Amy Sussman/Getty Images)

Out of Control on Rent Control

By The Editors
(Photo © BrokenSphere / Wikimedia Commons)

Afternoon Bulletin: New York Bids Farewell to Foam Takeout Boxes

By Justin Joffe
Mayor Bill de Blasio.

‘This Ballgame Ain’t Over’: Bill de Blasio Refuses to Accept Defeat in Albany

By Will Bredderman
NEW YORK, NY - JANUARY 21: Manhattan skyline is viewed from one of the top floors of the newly built Four Seasons private residences at 30 Park Place on January 21, 2015 in New York City. The building, which was built by Silverstein Properties, Inc. and designed by Robert A.M. Stern Architects, will be the tallest residential tower in downtown Manhattan when complete. An event to celebrate the final pour of structural concrete on the 82nd floor of the 926-foot tall building brought dozens of employees from both firms along with construction workers and members of the real estate community. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)

Fix Rent Control to Help Elderly New Yorkers

By The Editors
Gov. Andrew Cuomo

Cuomo, Legislative Leaders Announce Extensions and Reforms of Rent Laws, 421a

By Will Bredderman
Attorney General Eric Schneiderman today (Photo: Will Bredderman/New York Observer).

Schneiderman Attacks ‘Punting’ of Contentious Issues in Albany

By Will Bredderman
Gov. Andrew Cuomo. (Photo: Andrew Burton/Getty Images)

Activists and Pols Lash Out at Cuomo After Rent Laws Expire

By Will Bredderman
(Photo: Andrew Burton/Getty Images)

More Than a Million Apartments Face Deregulation as Rent Laws Expire

By Will Bredderman
Bill de Blasio earlier this month. (Photo: Rob Bennett/NYC Mayor's Office)

De Blasio Trashes ‘Albany at Its Worst’ as Clock Ticks on Rent Laws

By Will Bredderman
Council Speaker Melissa Mark-Viverito. (Photo: NYC Council/William Alatriste)

Council Speaker to Urge Albany to Pass Tougher Rent Regulations

By Jillian Jorgensen
Mayor Bill de Blasio rallies with Rev. Al Sharpton, left, Assemblyman Brian Kavanagh and Assemblyman Keith Wright (Photo: Will Bredderman/New York Observer).

Bill de Blasio Rallies With Al Sharpton for Rent Regulation Reform

By Will Bredderman
Congressman Charles Rangel. (Photo: Alex Wong/Getty Images)

Rangel: Cuomo ‘Hasn’t Done Anything’ to Push for Stronger Rent Laws

By Will Bredderman
Crown Heights Tenants Union organizer Esteban Giron protests outside Gov. Andrew Cuomo's office (Photo: Will Bredderman/New York Observer).

Activists Rip Cuomo’s Rejection of Stronger Rent Laws

By Will Bredderman
Public Advocate Letitia James.

Letitia James Meets With Tenants, Lays Out Pro-Renter Agenda

By Will Bredderman
Councilman Corey Johnson, left, and Councilman Benjamin Kallos, far right, protest with renter (Photo: Will Bredderman/New York Observer).

Pols and Tenants Rally for ‘Rent Rollback’

By Will Bredderman
Comptroller Scott Stringer rallies with Council members Mark Levine, right, Daniel Garodnick, Corey Johnson and Ben Kallos (Photo: Will Bredderman/New York Observer).

City Pols Push Albany for Stronger Rent Regulations

By Will Bredderman
Mayor Bill de Blasio shovels snow in front of his Park Slope home (Mayor's Office/Rob Bennett)

Mayor Bill de Blasio Calls for Rent Guidelines Board to Freeze Rates

By Will Bredderman
Peyton Chung/flickr.

Who Lives in Rent-Regulated Housing?

By Kim Velsey
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