rent stabilization
Do the math, Rent Board: Let NYC landlords charge enough to pay their bills
New York City's Rent Guidelines Board is set to vote on rent adjustments for 1- and 2-year leases of rent-stabilized apartments.
New Yorkers in rent-stabilized apartments brace for 7% increase
The Big Apple's rent board is set to approve hikes on Wednesday that could see the cost of an annual lease increase by as much as 5-7 percent, offering a...
'Good Cause Eviction' tricks will still wreck NY's housing market
Socialist lawmakers are still pushing statewide rent control, resorting to outright deception and bogus compromise in hopes of passing it before the Legislature wraps up for the year.
NYC Council radicals join wave of pols doing activism—not their jobs
A meeting of New York City's Rent Guidelines Board was interrupted by a protest that included five elected members of the City Council.
Here's how Hochul can salvage her goal of more affordable housing in NY
Gov. Kathy Hochul proposed spurring cities and towns to build 800,000 new housing units.
Florida's solving its real-estate crunch — New York should pay attention
The same old housing tricks haven’t worked in the Empire State for decades. Perhaps more New York politicians need to take a Florida vacation.
Beware NY progressives' push for universal rent control
Progressives are eager to pass the so-called Good Cause Eviction bill, and so impose universal rent control across the entire state.
Daft City Council will block Adams' and Hochul's plans to create more affordable housing
The new measures could make 136 million square feet of offices, nearly one-third of the city’s inventory, eligible for conversion.
Bad policy, more than bad landlords, snowballs NYC's housing crunch
Ask any woke politician worth his weight what the biggest crisis facing New York City is, and the answer will almost inevitably be the lack of affordable housing. And though...
The data prove it: New York progs should spare the little guy their housing 'help'
When Albany passed the law, people capable of basic arithmetic predicted this would happen. Alas, they were right. And if this kind of legislation is how progressives "help," who needs...
How extreme rent rules deepen NYC's housing crisis
Stop letting "tenants' rights" degrade the city's existing housing stock.
Letters to the Editor — Dec. 15, 2022
Post readers offer their take on the rising numbers of migrants trying to cross the border ahead of the end of Title 42.
NYC landlords holding 60K+ rent-stabilized units for ‘ransom’: Memo
A large chunk of New York’s most affordable housing stock is sitting empty and unavailable, according to a newly obtained state housing agency memo.
Republicans must address soaring rents — start by making Chinese investors play fair
The rent is too damn high. But really this time.
State probing sky-high broker's fee for Manhattan one-bedroom
The Post previously revealed that broker Ari Wolford asked for a $20,000 fee for a one-bedroom unit on the Upper West Side.
Expect more $20K broker fees if NYC doesn't fix its housing-market mess
The report that a Manhattan real-estate broker charged a $20,000 fee to get a prospective tenant a rent-regulated apartment shows how rent regulation distorts our housing market and invites profiteering.
Broker's fee hits nearly $20K for rent stabilized one-bedroom NYC apartment
A real estate agent collected an eye popping, nearly $20,000 fee last month on a cheap Upper West Side pad.
Why NYC’s housing market is so crazy — and affordable housing is so hard to find
It’s easy to conclude from the craziness of New York City’s rental market — including that long line for a tiny, rent-regulated East Village apartment — that what the city...
With rent hikes capped far below inflation, Mayor Adams is right: The system's broken
The caps — which apply to NYC's 1M rent-stabilized apartments — are so out of line with real-world market conditions that they’re liable to do significant harm to tenants and...
Horrifying NYC rental market fuels hourlong lines to see tiny apartment
“I looked behind me and realized the crowd [on the street] wasn’t there for brunch, they were there for the apartment,” 36-year-old Aidan O'Donoghue told The Post.