Sentences with phrase «support vacancy decontrol»

Last Friday, housing adovcates rallied outside State Sen. Jeff Klein's home in Pelham Parkway, to protest his refusal to support a vacancy decontrol bill.

The Republican - controlled State Senate does not support vacancy decontrol.

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I support repealing vacancy decontrol, or at the very least, raising the cap to a minimum of $ 3000 and peg future increases to the rate of inflation.

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.

The Democratic - led Assembly in May backed legislation that would end vacancy decontrol, a plank Senate Republicans are unlikely to support.

Last week, the Democratic - led Assembly approved their own version of a rent control regulation extension, which also included an end to the practice of vacancy decontrol, a proposal that's unlikely to find support among Senate Republicans.

Juan Gonzalez singles out Bronx State Senators Pedro Espada and Jeff Klein for indicating that they won't support the millionaire's tax or to increase the threshold vacancy decontrol rent from $ 2,000 to $ 5,000.

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.