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rent stabilization

Mayor Bill de Blasio discusses the city's rent freeze program.

‘The People Won and the Landlords Lost’—Bill de Blasio Cheers Rent Freeze Ruling

"They used all of their power, all of their legal resources, to try and stop us from giving a rent freeze that people deserve."
By Will Bredderman
Attorney General Eric Schneiderman

AG Indicts Manhattan Landlord Steve Croman Over $45M in Faulty Loan Apps

Steve Croman, a Manhattan landlord, was indicted this morning on charges that he tried to muscle out rent stabilized tenants.
By Terence Cullen
The DUMBO neighborhood of Brooklyn, see from under the Manhattan Bridge.

Two Trees Grants Artists, Arts Group Subsidized Workspace in Dumbo

The Cultural Space Subsidy Program gives artists and arts organizations a chance to lease workspace for up to three-years at a time, at below-market rates.
By Alanna Martinez
nyc rent

New Map Shows the Decline of the City’s Rent-Stabilized Apartments

By Hunter Harris
Tenant advocates call for a rent rollback outside Cooper Union before the Rent Guidelines Board vote.

Rent Freeze! Rent Guidelines Board Approves Historic Zero Percent Increase

By Kim Velsey
Andrew Cuomo and Bill de Blasio at a joint press conference in Albany.

Despite Cuomo’s Claims, de Blasio Hails ‘Real Progress’ on 421a

By Will Bredderman
Mayor Bill de Blasio.

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

By Will Bredderman
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
(Photo by GABRIEL BOUYS/AFP/Getty Images)

Afternoon Bulletin: NYC Rent Stabilization Laws Expired Last Night

By Justin Joffe
Gov. Andrew Cuomo. (Photo: Andrew Burton/Getty Images)

Activists and Pols Lash Out at Cuomo After Rent Laws Expire

By Will Bredderman
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
Mayor Bill de Blasio shovels dirt with top executives from Forest City Ratner and Greenland Group (Photo: Will Bredderman).

De Blasio Appoints Forest City Ratner Exec to Rent Guidelines Board

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
Yorkville. Skellig2008/flickr.

What Does a 1% Rent Increase Do? (Other Than Irritate Virtually Everyone)

By Kim Velsey
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
122 applications were filed this year. (uBookworm/flickr)

Loft Law Protection Applications Surged Before March Deadline

By Kim Velsey
It's going up of course.

So Much for Rent ‘Stabilization’: Guidelines Board Approves Hefty Rent Hike

By Kim Velsey
Apartment buildings on the Grand Concourse are typical of New York City's rent-stabilized housing stock—not actually all that rent-stabilized.

Who Cares if the Rent Guidelines Board Doesn’t Meet in the Outer Boroughs?

By Stephen Jacob Smith
Financial District

Financial District Residents Couldn’t Care Less About Rent Breaks

By Kim Velsey
Almost as good entertainment as the Rent Guidelines Board (_rockinfree, flickr)

Renters Outraged: RGB Votes To Raise Rents Again

By Kim Velsey
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