Sentences with phrase «renewing rent laws»

Now, under the leadership of Governor Cuomo, we have not only renewed the rent laws but we have enacted the state's strongest rent laws since 1974.

This stance puts Cuomo at odds with the Senate Republicans, who are allied with the landlords — particularly REBNY, which is split with the governor on this issue, in spite of its membership in the pro-Cuomo Committee to Save NY — and appear willing to renew the rent laws, but not strengthen them.

Renew the rent laws, repeal vacancy destabalization and protect Mitchell Lama housing now!

The Assembly passed a bill yesterday to strengthen and renew the rent laws but the bill is unlikely to go anywhere as the Senate Republicans are heavily supported by real estate interests.

«We appreciate that each of you has stated publicly that it would be unacceptable to merely renew the rent laws when they expire, without strengthening them.

They should have the confidence in the state government that we will renew the rent laws and protect tenants, and that is what I'm sure we will do.»

Senate Republicans seem in no rush to renew rent laws.

Not exact matches

We could strengthen and renew our expiring rent laws, and protect affordable housing for millions of New Yorkers.

Margaret Chin, Rosie Mendez and several other NYC Council members made a final written plea to Mayor Michael Bloomberg Monday for his support of renewing state's rent stabilization laws, set to expire this week.

But a vote on the measures is something of a precursor to the larger fight that looms in Albany, where the Legislature and Governor Andrew Cuomo must act to renew the state's rent law before it expires in June.

«I want them to do whatever they have to do to make sure that not only do the rent laws get renewed, because we're always in danger, in a sunset year when the laws come up for renewal, we're always in danger of additional weakening amendments.»

The rent laws expired on Monday and were temporarily renewed through Tuesday to give Gov. Cuomo and legislative leaders more time to negotiate a deal.

That's why the Assembly passed legislation more than a month ago to renew and expand rent laws.

In the end, most legislators expect mayoral control of schools and the rent laws to be renewed - but the devil will, as always, be in the details.

Tenant advocates and Democratic legislators from the city were confused when the news first hit — the outline of how rent laws would be renewed and amended under the «big ugly» negotiated by Gov. Andrew Cuomo, Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver and Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos, just didn't make sense to them.

The lawyer, who handled much of Glenwood's political work, said the company hoped to obstruct the passage of campaign finance reform laws, see the controversial 421a tax abatement renewed, obtain a favorable tax cap on revenue from apartment buildings and to prevent Democrats from taking control of the State Senate and giving control of the New York City rent laws from Albany to the City Council — which Mr. Dorego compared to «an atomic bomb.»

But, in the presence of many of the neighborhood's affordable housing activists, he repeated the Assembly's commitment to renewing and extending rent protection laws.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo touted it as «the greatest strengthening of rent laws in decades» when the state Legislature approved a package of bills last year that renewed the city's rent control laws until 2015.

Statement from Gladys Puglla, Co-Chair of Make the Road New York's Board of Directors: On the Agreement of New York State Legislature to Renew and Strengthen Rent Laws

While still smarting from last year's brawl with real estate interests, advocates for tenants have renewed their push for rent law reform this year, arguing that current policies are continuing to decimate the ranks of rent - controlled apartments and making it harder for low - income families to live in the city.

Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver says that Gov. Andrew Cuomo needs to throw his weight around the get the Republican - controlled Senate to renew and strengthen rent control laws set to expire on June 15.

Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos, whose conference opposes any tightening of rent laws, has insisted that it is not important whether the laws are renewed before the deadline.

But Kolb says he knows talks are going on about the top two remaining issues, renewing New York City's rent laws and an education tax credit for donors who give up to a million dollars to fund scholarships for poor children in private schools and fund afterschool activities at public schools.

But that does not mean we will not renew the laws,» said Mario Mazzoni, director of the Metropolitan Council on Housing, which has been one of the participants in the REAL Rent Reform Campaign.

«The rent - regulation laws are about to expire on June 15 and there's no real push to renew them» said George Fernandez, the President of the Inwood Advocates Coalition for Tenants» Rights.

After making a pledge that he would not renew J - 51 without getting significant improvements in the rent laws, he just gave that up entirely.»

New York City waits Meanwhile a number of issues important to New York City will be before the Legislature this year - rent laws and mayoral control of schools are each set to expire and while most legislators say they expect to renew both, major battles will be fought over the details of each.

«We're fighting in order to renew and strengthen rent - stabilization laws,» said local City Council member Robert Jackson.

Mr. Heastie promised that renewing and strengthening the rent - regulation laws that affect a million city apartments would be his «No. 1 priority.»

Cuomo said he expects the rent laws will be «re-calibrated» prior to their June 15th expiration, and noted the last time around, they were renewed for eight years.

A tentative deal to renew New York State's rent regulation laws and cap property taxes for homeowners emerged from Albany yesterday and is expected...

When he ascended to the speaker's post back in February, Carl Heastie said renewing and strengthening the city's rent laws would be his «No. 1 priority» this session.

Farkas says they've come up with a list of 10 tenant protections they're going to push state lawmakers to include in the renewed rent regulations law.

It's great that the Governor understands the importance of renewing and strengthening the rent laws - but what is he specifically going to do about it?

«This is ridiculous, he's known for four years that we were coming to this moment and he did nothing to prepare for it, he did nothing to ensure that the rent laws would not only be renewed but they will be strengthened,» she told 1010 WINS» Glenn Schuck.

ALBANY, N.Y. (CBSNewYork / AP)-- More than 1,000 chanting tenants from New York City filled the hallways of the state Capitol in Albany Tuesday, urging lawmakers to renew and strengthen the law governing the city's rent regulations as the deadline for the law's renewal approaches.

We write to express our support for your position, and to state unequivocally that we believe we should not renew the 421 - a program in any form, unless and until the rent laws are renewed and very substantially strengthened.»

NEW YORK (CBSNewYork / AP)-- Time is running out for the more than 2 million tenants covered by New York City's rent laws while a deal to renew the regulations continues to elude New York state lawmakers.

On the last day of their session, Albany legislators are currently at a stalemate over renewing or strengthening the city's rent laws after they expired at midnight Tuesday.

Among the proposals in her «Rent Justice for All» program are ending the preferential rent loophole, by which landlords can offer an apartment for less than the legal regulated rent but can revoke this privilege whenever the lease is renewed; expanding rent stabilization statewide to buildings with six or more units, which is currently the law in New York City; and increasing funding to the state's Homes and Community Renewal ageRent Justice for All» program are ending the preferential rent loophole, by which landlords can offer an apartment for less than the legal regulated rent but can revoke this privilege whenever the lease is renewed; expanding rent stabilization statewide to buildings with six or more units, which is currently the law in New York City; and increasing funding to the state's Homes and Community Renewal agerent loophole, by which landlords can offer an apartment for less than the legal regulated rent but can revoke this privilege whenever the lease is renewed; expanding rent stabilization statewide to buildings with six or more units, which is currently the law in New York City; and increasing funding to the state's Homes and Community Renewal agerent but can revoke this privilege whenever the lease is renewed; expanding rent stabilization statewide to buildings with six or more units, which is currently the law in New York City; and increasing funding to the state's Homes and Community Renewal agerent stabilization statewide to buildings with six or more units, which is currently the law in New York City; and increasing funding to the state's Homes and Community Renewal agency.

This was basically the default result, since the original 2011 law effectively provided that the cap would either expire in mid-June 2016 or remain in effect for as long as rent control laws were renewed — which, pursuant to another part of the deal, will reportedly be for four years, or until June 2019.

Supporters of rent regulation marched with local politicians for renewing and strengthening rent control laws.

Before they left, they renewed New York City's expired rent laws, but only until Tuesday.

NEW YORK (CBSNewYork / AP)-- Gov. Andrew Cuomo says the Senate's failure to renew the New York City rent control law before it expired Wednesday night is «unacceptable.»

And when the rent laws are likely renewed, they will be made retroactive to the day they expired so even those with expired leases will remain protected.

Sen. Bill Perkins, a Manhattan Democrat and the first escorted out, said they are trying to get rent laws renewed or reformed.

It's less clear where Cuomo will stand in the upcoming fight over the city's rent laws, which also must be renewed next year.

The tax cap is linked to continuation of New York City's rent laws, which have expired but will likely be renewed by the end of the week.

The real estate industry is desperate to renew a tax break known as 421 - a, which spurs new apartment building development, and Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver says developers won't get that renewed unless they agree to change the rent laws.

«Governor Cuomo is right to work to renew and strengthen New York's rent laws in this year's budget.