Sentences with phrase «on vacancy decontrol»

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McKee noted that Dilan voted for vacancy decontrol in the City Council in 1994, despite promising his constituents (on at least two occasions when McKee was present) that he would not do so.

De Blasio, who had previous been somewhat vague about he wanted changed, told state lawmakers in Albany on Wednesday that vacancy decontrol should be eliminated.

If elected Mr. van Bramer wants to focus his energy on cost of living and affordability issues, including ending vacancy decontrol and expanding rent stabilization.

«We need the laws strengthened, we need to end vacancy decontrol, step up enforcement so that landlords can just stop registering and say they spent the money and raise the rent so the apartment is no longer on the rolls,» McKee said.

So Krueger and other senators pushed for repeal of a law, known as vacancy decontrol, that removed limits on rent hikes for apartments where tenants moved out and the rent exceeded $ 2,000 a month (now $ 2,700).

He'll announce at a press conference today that he made the decision based on assurances from Dem leadership that key bills he supports, including drug and alcohol testing for police officers who shoot civilians, and ending vacancy rent decontrol will make it to the floor.

On Monday, we plugged that evening's episode of BronxTalk, which focuses on foreclosure, vacancy decontrol and other housing issueOn Monday, we plugged that evening's episode of BronxTalk, which focuses on foreclosure, vacancy decontrol and other housing issueon foreclosure, vacancy decontrol and other housing issues.

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.

Democrats were seeking an all - out end to vacancy decontrol this year, but Heastie says the Republican - led Senate wouldn't budge on their position.

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.

Sen. Espada also congratulates himself on «affordable housing,» a claim sure to enrage tenant advocates who were trying to get him to address vacancy decontrol and other pro-tenant legislation before all hell broke lose in the Capitol.

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.

On another issue that's atop the legislative agenda, the Post's Fred Dicker reports that there is a deal afoot to pass rent reform, with the minimum rent for vacancy decontrol likely to be hiked up to $ 2,500 from $ 2,000.

On rent regulation, de Blasio wants to end vacancy decontrol, which allows apartments to leave regulation once monthly rent reaches $ 2,500.

More than 500 NYC residents gathered together on Tuesday, December 9th at the New York Society for Ethical Culture to demand an end to vacancy decontrol, a practice by which landlords can take a vacant apartment out of rent regulation when the rent reaches $ 2,000.