Pols accused of pitting landlords against tenants in housing hunger games
Calling it the “housing hunger games,” city landlords say the government its pitting tenants against them in a battle to see who is more deserving....
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Landlords throw cold water on water rate hike
The owners of New York’s one million rent stabilized apartments have accused the city’s Water Board of turning the screw on their already precarious financial...
RSA asks city to increase apartment rents
The Rent Stabilization Association, which represents 25,000 landlords of one million rent-stabilized apartments in neighborhoods across the five boroughs, is calling for modest rent increases...
Landlords call for investigation into soaring insurance costs
Housing providers in the Bronx report skyrocketing insurance rates that are putting many units of affordable housing at risk. The Community Housing Improvement Program (CHIP)...
Owners call on Cuomo to scrap RGB after it delivers another rent freeze
The Real Estate Board of New York (REBNY) is calling on the State to scrap the city’s Rent Guidelines Board after it voted to freeze...
Owners make case for raising rents
The Real Estate Board of New York is calling for a minimum of a 2.4 percent increase on rent stabilized rents, claiming that the coronavirus...
Industry looks to feds as renters stage strike
The Real Estate Board of New York is calling on the federal government to launch an emergency rental assistance program that would help both tenants...
Landlords brace for rent day massacre
Braced for a deluge of rent defaults some 25,000 New York City landlords are asking Mayor Bill de Blasio for payment forgiveness on property tax...
Landlords are people, too, owners’ rep tells RGB
By Maria Rocha-Buschel The Rent Guidelines Board is set to approve rent hikes of up to 3.75 percent for New York’s one million rent regulated...
RGB report shows small building owners buckling under cost weight
By Jackson Chen The city’s property owners are feeling the squeeze of increasing operating costs and proposed legislation. According to the city’s Rent Guidelines Board,...