Sentences with phrase «in repealing vacancy decontrol»
Senate Republicans are not interested in repealing vacancy decontrol or increasing the threshold.
http://wrvo.org/ Not exact matches
But the fact is that political achievement was overshadowed by what tenant advocates did not get in the final deal: an abolition of vacancy decontrol, or a repeal of the Urstadt Law, which would have returned control of New York City rent stabilization policy to the city.
While the statement was qualified, it's a more tenant - friendly position than the Democratic governor has held in the past and a change from earlier this month, when Cuomo said vacancy decontrol could be «improved,» but «I don't think you ever get to repeal.»
A repeal of vacancy decontrol is not expected to win few friends in the majority GOP conference as rent control is due to expire on Monday.
Despite the qualifier, it represented a change of position for Espada who, in a September session with reporters in his office, said he didn't support repealing the vacancy decontrol and instead wants to focus on creating more incentives for developers to construct affordable housing.
Ms. James, a Brooklyn Democrat, laid out an aggressive agenda to curtail the powers of landlords, including an end to vacancy decontrol for units in the rent control system, a ban on property owners from increasing rents on vacant units, and a repeal of the Urstadt Law that puts the city's rent laws in the hands of the State Legislature.
In 2011, the chamber approved changes that exceeded what the Senate would agree to, including repealing vacancy decontrol, which allows landlords to take a unit out of rent stabilization if the legal rent exceeds a certain amount.
New York State Senators and Assembly members (or their representatives) in attendance signed a statement pledging to address repeal of vacancy decontrol with their chamber's Speaker, Housing Chair, and the Governor by January 10, 2009.