The coalition seeks stronger rent protections for tenants and an end to corporate tax breaks for developers, as well as a strategy to end growing homelessness across the state. (nydailynews.com)
New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio came to Albany to meet with Cuomo and legislative leaders to push for reform and renewal of the city's rent control laws — which impact around two million people — and a related property tax break for developers who set aside some of their new dwelling s for affordable housing. (wrvo.org)
Additionally, de Blasio's negotiated plan with the real estate industry to renew a critical tax break for developers known as 421 - a had been shot down just weeks earlier by Cuomo, who claimed the mayor's proposal had «generated problems.» (cityandstateny.com)