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Related: About this forumCity Council members to call for rent freeze
Ryan Hutchins
More than half a dozen City Council members will speak out Monday afternoon in favor of freezing rents for the nearly one million New Yorkers who live in rent-regulated housing, Capital has learned.
The council members are expected to speak at a public hearing being held by the Rent Guidelines Board, which is set to vote on possible rent increases on June 23. This is the first time the 45-year-old board has considered a zero-percent increase.
Council members Margaret Chin, Dan Garodnick, Corey Johnson, Ben Kallos, Mark Levine, Ydanis Rodriguez and Helen Rosenthal are scheduled to testify at the hearing, which is starting this hour, according to a draft press release obtained by Capital. City Comptroller Scott Stringer is also scheduled to testify at 5:30 p.m.
The council members will argue that the board, for years now, has favored the interests of landlords over the interests of tenants and that it is time residents get some relief.
http://www.capitalnewyork.com/article/real-estate/2014/06/8547272/city-council-members-call-rent-freeze
The front-line of class warfare in NYC is in housing.
hrmjustin
(71,265 posts)rug
(82,333 posts)Everyone on it reminds me of flies feeding on the carcass of the millions just looking for a decent place to live.
hrmjustin
(71,265 posts)Horrible people.