City & State New York

We must end the preferential rent crisis

I was elected last year during a special election, in which I pledged not to accept campaign donations from real estate interests. The numerous small donations I received from hardworking tenants in ...
City & State New York

There are two sides to New York City’s preferential rent crisis

On Monday, we published an op-ed from state Assemblywoman Diana Richardson highlighting what she dubbed the “preferential rent crisis” in New York City. Preferential rents are the amount that a ...
City Limits

CityViews: How Gov. Cuomo Helped My Landlord Raise My Rent

Cuomo to NYC renters: drop dead. That’s the headline Gothamist ran in June 2015, after Governor Cuomo cut an awful deal on the rent laws that helps landlords and hurts tenants. Since then, on Cuomo’s ...
Gotham Gazette

Eviction Bonuses and Preferential Rents, Not 421-a, Should Be the Focus in Albany

We have long advocated for the elimination of the 421-a tax abatement because it has been nothing but a giveaway to developers masquerading as a means of affordable housing production. This is why ...