Casting Company Regrets That This Landlord 'Duped' Them Into Hiring Zombies for His Anti-Rent Freeze Demonstration
Characters for Hire says it's not to blame for sending unwitting actors into a live protest last week.
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Mamdani's $22 Billion Housing Plan: The Bold, the Borrowed, and the Bogus
Our new mayor's development and preservation goals are far more ambitious than Bloomberg's or de Blasio's were, but many questions about funding and execution remain.
Bowery SRO Tenants Say They're Being Squeezed Out by a Boutique Hotel: 'Where Are We Gonna Go?'
While a state and City task force is now investigating the building, it may be too late to preserve these affordable housing units and keep the long-term residents in their homes.
The First Task for Mayor Mamdani's Office of Mass Engagement: Pack the Rent Guidelines Board Hearings
The hotly awaited debut for the new City agency led by the mayor's former field director, Tascha Van Auken.
'The Idea That Housing Supply Is Not Part of the Story Here Is Kind of Absurd'
A YIMBY claps back.
'No Amount of Housing We Build Is Going to Make Prices Drop'
A major new housing study is challenging the idea behind the "abundance agenda."
Roaches in Baby Bottles, Dead Mice in Sheets, an Eviction Case: Life Raising a Baby in a Pinnacle Apartment
The Union of Pinnacle Tenants says it wants the City's help in getting Pinnacle eviction cases thrown out, as the slumlord sells 93 of its buildings in April.
Their Landlord Was Sent to Rikers. The Heating Outages Continued: 'It Literally Cannot Get Worse Than This'
The residents of Hayes Court are taking the rare step of asking a housing court judge to appoint a new entity to manage their buildings—which have racked up 505 open housing violations for gas, heat and hot water outages, filthy common areas, and water leaks.
The Mayor and Tenants Lost the Pinnacle Bankruptcy Sale Battle—But Vow to Win the War Against Bad Landlords
The sale came after a marathon bankruptcy court hearing Thursday.
Inside Mamdani's Last-Ditch Effort to Stop the Fire Sale of Hundreds of Rent-Stabilized Apartments
The administration has again asked a judge to delay the sale of 93 buildings owned by the real estate behemoth Pinnacle.
What's Behind the Backlash Against Mamdani's Top Tenant Advocate
Landlords, reactionary tabloids, and a high-stakes auction for rent-stabilized buildings.
6 Months of the FARE Act: No Rent Apocalypse, a Few Fines, No Illegal Broker Fees Refunded
Not a single New Yorker has had a broker fee refunded so far.