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How the Rent Freeze Will Work for Your Next Lease: A Guide for Tenants
In a raucous auditorium flooded with bright red “Freeze the Rent!” posters and tenants chanting, the Rent Guidelines Board approved a signature campaign promise of Mayor Zohran Mamdani: 0% rent increases on one- and two-year rent-stabilized leases. The 7-1 vote on Thursday night was met with deafening cheering as the mayor’s six appointees to the […]
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How the Knicks Broke the Bookies: Gambling Sites Took a Bath on NBA Champs
The New York Knicks weren’t the only people who won big when the team defeated the San Antonio Spurs in Game 5 of the NBA Finals. The week they clinched their first championship in 53 years, sports betting companies lost more than $48 million — the first time the house lost since data has been […]
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Housing Voucher Impasse Stalls Mamdani Budget Deal
Negotiations on the final city budget will go through the weekend as Mayor Zohran Mamdani and the City Council are at an impasse over funding for a housing voucher program. “Right now we are stuck on FHEPS, so that is where we are,” Council Speaker Julie Menin told reporters Friday at City Hall, after rallying […]
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NYC’s Haitian Community Reels in Wake of Supreme Court TPS Ruling
As the U.S. Supreme Court ruling came down ending Temporary Protected Status for Haitian and Syrian immigrants Thursday morning, Doudgy Charmant was painting a mural honoring Haitian heritage at the corner of Newkirk and Nostrand avenues in Flatbush, Brooklyn. The 27-year-old told The City Reporter he had immigrated to the United States as a child […]
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Fulfilling His Promise, Mamdani’s Rent Board Votes Through Stabilized Rent Freeze
Popsicles, paletas and now rents: all frozen. The Rent Guidelines Board on Thursday approved 0% rent increases for about 1 million rent-stabilized apartments, delivering on one of Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s signature campaign promises. The vote took place in front of rows of tenants and advocates chanting in four different languages at the auditorium at El […]
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