Sentences with phrase «vacancy decontrol by»

Folks can get involved in future efforts to end vacancy decontrol by visiting the Housing Here and Now website or their blog.

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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.

According to reports, however, the deal doesn't repeal vacancy decontrol, the biggest threat by far to the entire rent - controlled and stabilized system.

They have criticized the measure, which would up the vacancy decontrol threshold for when apartments re enter the open market by just $ 200, to a rate of $ 2700 a month.

Democratic leaders did allow two bills to reach the floor for votes that year: a Krueger measure to stop landlords from collecting rent increases retroactively, and a bill by Manhattan Senator Daniel Squadron requiring owners to document rent increases used to justify vacancy decontrol.

Oh, here's a recent op - ed by Greg in Norwood News on vacancy decontrol.

A group of City Council members, led by Christine Quinn, announced the introduction of legislation yesterday to make the state legislature repeal vacancy decontrol, and kill the law allowing Albany to set rent regulations for the city.

The conclave did pass a resolution urging Democratic legislators to repeal vacancy decontrol, a process by which rent - regulated apartments join the open market if they exceed a certain rent levels.

The industry reps, however, refused to discuss ending «vacancy decontrol,» a process despised by Silver that allows landlords to deregulate certain apartments once they go vacant.

Last month the Democratic - led Assembly passed legislation that would, among other things, end vacancy decontrol, which allows landlords to raise rent by an unlimited amount when the monthly charge reaches $ 2,500.

The rent regulation bill appears to be more favorable to landlords than to tenant activists because it makes no changes to the process of vacancy decontrol, by which apartments are unregulated when their monthly rent crosses a certain threshold.

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.

Tenant activists and Democrats — including Governor Andrew Cuomo — questioned the bill because it requires income verification for tenants of rent - regulated apartments and makes no change in vacancy decontrol, the process by which apartments become deregulated when their monthly rent tops $ 2,500.

The Senate bill made no changes to the process of vacancy decontrol, by which regulated apartments fall out of the system when their monthly rent tops $ 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.

But not all housing is covered even by vacancy decontrol under the Residential Tenancies Act.