Sentences with phrase «stabilized apartments in the city»

New York City's Rent Guidelines Board (RGB) has voted for a freeze on regulated rents, a historic move that impacts more than one million rent - stabilized apartments in the city.

Even to tenants who never knew his name and could never afford to live in one of his buildings, Mr. Litwin was an unseen power: a voice in the Rent Stabilization Association, the landlord organization that battles tenant groups annually over rent increases, set by the New York City Rent Guidelines Board, that may legally be charged in hundreds of thousands of rent - stabilized apartments in the city.

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Rangel was found to have misused federal resources to solicit donations for a City College of New York center named in his honor, used a rent - stabilized apartment for his campaign office, failed to pay taxes on a villa in the Dominican Republic and filed inaccurate financial disclosure forms.

The Rent Guidelines Boards (one in New York City and one each in Nassau, Westchester, and Rockland counties) set maximum allowable rates for rent increases in stabilized apartments for one and two - year lease renewals.

A House investigative committee is charging Rangel with ethics violations, stemming from a nearly two - year investigation into his finances, his failure to report rental income from a villa he owns in the Dominican Republic, his use of multiple rent - stabilized apartments, and his efforts to fundraise for a City College center named after him.

More than 1,800 market - rate apartments in the city are becoming rent stabilized under an agreement announced among landlords, Cuomo, Blasio, and Attorney General Eric Schneiderman.

NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio is celebrating a state Supreme court ruling to uphold a recent rent freeze for people living in 1 million of the city's rent - stabilized apartments.

With the state's rent regulations set to sunset in June, the Assembly's Democratic majority is firing an opening shot in what is typically a high - profile legislative fight over the future of New York City's approximately 1 million rent - stabilized apartments.

More than 1,800 market - rate apartments in the city are becoming rent stabilized under an agreement announced Thursday among landlords, Mayor de Blasio, Gov. Cuomo and Attorney General Eric Schneiderman.

For the second year straight, the Rent Guidelines Association froze rates for people living in 1 million of the city's rent - stabilized apartments.

The distribution of preferential rents across New York City was a mystery until now because the state's Division of Housing and Community Renewal, which tracks prices in rent - stabilized apartments, is barred from releasing the information to anyone except the tenant or the owner.

Those charges allege that he solicited donations from people with business before the House Ways and Means Committee, which he chaired, to fund a center named in his honor at City College of New York; that he did not pay taxes on a Caribbean home; that he improperly used a rent - stabilized apartment in New York as a campaign office; and that he did not properly disclose more than $ 600,000 in income and assets.

Mayor Bill de Blasio's plan to curb homelessness in New York City is exacerbating the housing crisis, according to New York City Public Advocate Letitia James, who is calling on the mayor to stop allowing landlords of rent - stabilized apartments to turn their buildings into homeless shelters.

Mayor Bill de Blasio raised rents on properties he owns in Park Slope, while at the same time calling for rent freezes for the city's roughly 1 million rent - stabilized apartments.

At a time when rent - stabilized tenants in New York City are enjoying a freeze in their rents, another group of regulated tenants — the dwindling minority in rent - controlled apartments — is facing an increase of up to 9.6 percent over the next two years.

The rent rules, which expired Monday, cover more than 2 million tenants in rent - controlled and rent - stabilized apartments in and around New York City.

Under state and city rent regulations, tenants can continue renewing the lease in their rent - stabilized apartments for as long as they use it as a primary residence, and landlords can increase rent only by an annual percentage set by a city board.

The city's Rent Guidelines board voted Monday evening to extend the rent freeze on one - year leases for rent - stabilized apartments, in a repeat of last...

Several studies demonstrate that over 300,000 rent - stabilized apartments have been removed from regulation in New York City and the surrounding metro area.

Changes in the rent regulation laws have resulted in what some estimate to be more than 100,000 rent stabilized apartments in New York City becoming «decontrolled» â $ «the rents hiked up to whatever the landlord wants to charge.