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For tenants in the first upstate city to adopt rent stabilization, benefiting from the law’s basic protections is an uphill battle.
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Advocates charge that New York’s restrictions for sex offense registrants are “vague, expansive, and unnecessary.” On Tuesday, they filed a federal lawsuit to strike them down.
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A quarter of lawmakers in Albany are landlords. Almost none of them are covered by the most significant tenant protection law in years.
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It’s the first step New York has taken to address its housing shortage in years — but tenant groups are fuming and real estate wants more.
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As real estate developers resist wage guarantees and try to roll back tenants’ rights, a potential budget deal is at an impasse.
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What are industrial development agencies?
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The county is ready to restart real estate subsidies after a two-year pause. Residents fear it won’t fix their housing crisis.
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The governor and the Senate have aligned on large swathes of the NY HEAT Act. The Assembly might be ready to move on it, too.
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New York municipalities used to keep the surplus from foreclosed homes sold at auction. Then the Supreme Court ruled it unconstitutional.
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A laundry company wants to turn its factory into 13-story apartment buildings, sparking the latest in a series of fierce zoning fights.
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As the governor urges more housing, IDAs are looking to pitch in. Critics say it goes beyond their legal role.
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The mayor is putting New York City’s landmark climate and jobs law in jeopardy, our columnist argues.
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In California, getting labor on board was essential to addressing the housing crisis. In New York, unions say the governor has barely tried.
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At a heated town meeting, a resident warned “pedophiles or criminals” would move into new housing.
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In the state’s byzantine system for addiction services, some people don’t know they have tenants’ rights. Some don’t have them at all.
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Kathy Hochul proposed an executive order to extend the controversial 421-a tax break. Labor unions shot it down.
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In emails to the governor’s office, the Real Estate Board of New York proposed scaled back tenant protections for the state budget.
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Democratic lawmakers who rent their homes are far more likely to back tenant protections and new housing supply than those who own, a New York Focus analysis found.
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“It’s done. It’s not happening,” an Assembly source told New York Focus. Lawmakers are poised to reject measures to boost housing supply and protect renters.
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Democratic Assembly leaders refused to entertain the governor’s primary tactic to achieve housing growth and affordability.