Rent moratorium is wrong move, say housing groups
The city’s apartment building owners are urging politicians not to rush through calls for a ban on evictions amid the COVID-19 emergency without thinking it...
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Protestors picket billionaire Bezos penthouse, demand part-time New Yorkers pay luxury tax
By Linda O’Flanagan New York State Senator Brad Hoylman joined protestors outside Jeff Bezos’ $80 million New York home last week to demand the Amazon...
Industry laments new rent regulations
The most sweeping changes ever made to New York City’s rent regulations have been roundly criticized by a real estate industry that is warning of...
Council members back bill to tax absent apartment owners
By Sabina Mollot A few weeks after an out-of-state hedge fund billionaire bought a $238 million penthouse on Central Park South, two City Council members...
Fresh move to lift lid on LLCs
By Sabina Mollot State Senator Brad Hoylman is hoping to shine some light on shadowy world of limited liability corporations (LLCs) which, under current New...
Sen. Hoylman: Sheldon Silver overturned conviction will hurt NYC stabilized tenants
By Sabina Mollot Overturning the corruption conviction against former Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver sets a bad precedent for lawmakers, according to State Senator Brad Hoylman....
Deadlock in Albany puts 421-a, rent regulations in limbo
With the New York State Legislature grappling with a debilitating impasse, crucial laws like the 421-a tax abatement program and rent regulation have expired, making...