Understanding Rent Regulation in N.Y.C.

By Gotham Rex on June 23, 2022

Rent-stabilized apartments in the city are due to have their largest rent increase in almost a decade. Source: New York Times

Rent Board Votes for 3.25% Increase on One-Year Leases

By Gotham Rex on June 22, 2022

Two million New Yorkers who live in rent-stabilized apartments will be affected by increases approved at a raucous meeting of the Rent Guidelines Board. Source: New York Times

Rents Will Rise by at Least 3.25 Percent for 2 Million New Yorkers

By Gotham Rex on June 21, 2022

With landlords facing higher costs for property maintenance, a rent regulation panel approved some of the largest increases for rent-stabilized units in nearly a decade. Source: New York Times

In New York, Panel Backs Rent Increases for More Than 2 Million

By Gotham Rex on May 5, 2022

The city board that sets rents on most regulated apartments may be considering some of the highest increases in years. Source: New York Times

Looming Rent Increase of Up to 9 Percent Tests Adams’s Housing Priorities

By Gotham Rex on May 4, 2022

Some Democrats are calling proposed increases for New York City’s roughly one million rent stabilized apartments “unconscionable.” Mayor Eric Adams says he wants to support small landlords. Source: New York Times

Modest Rent Increases Approved for 2.3 Million N.Y.C. Tenants

By Gotham Rex on June 23, 2021

The Rent Guidelines Board voted to allow 1.5 percent increases for the second six months of one-year leases. Tenants had pushed for rent reductions. Source: New York Times

N.Y.C. Board Votes to Consider Extending Rent Freeze

By Gotham Rex on May 5, 2021

The city board that sets rents on regulated apartments said one-year leases might be kept as is and two-year leases might rise slightly. Source: New York Times

Amid Pandemic, N.Y.C. Likely to Freeze, but Not Cut, Rent for 2 Million

By Gotham Rex on June 17, 2020

Landlords have urged the Rent Guidelines Board to raise rents. Tenants want a decrease, citing the coronavirus and the state of the economy. Source: New York Times

Report: RGB gives nod to rent increase; final vote coming June 25

By Gotham Rex on May 8, 2019

Report: RGB gives nod to rent increase; final vote coming June 25 [Image last night via @StabilizingNYC]In a preliminary vote (5-4) last night, the Rent Guidelines Board (RGB!) recommended a .5 to 2.75 percent increase for one-year leases and a…

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