Tenants Rights

Tenants' Rights Are Human Rights: A Response to Critics' Misrepresentation of Rent Regulation

Jumaane D. Williams | Posted 07.26.2011

Read More: Lower-Income-Neighborhoods, Tenants Rights, Rent Regulation, Rent Control, NY Real Estate, Housing Crisis, Landlords, NY Rent Control, Affordable Housing, New York News
Jumaane D. Williams

It should be considered a right to afford to live in the city where you work. There are 2.5 million New Yorkers in danger of losing this ability if the State Senate allows the state's rent regulation laws to lapse.

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Espada Photo Bomb: Protestor Embarra

WNYC | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Tenants Rights, Pedro Espada, Press Conference, Photo Bomb, Senator Pedro Espada, Pedro Espada Photobomb, New York News

A well-crafted press conference featuring State Sen. Pedro Espada, a Bronx Democrat, nearly was upended by opponents representing tenant rights groups...

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The Stuy Town Decision: A Good Reality Check for New York

Elizabeth Donoghue | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Tenants Rights, Tenants, Real Estate Industry, Middle Class, Tishman Speyer Stuyvesant Town, New York City Real Estate, Stuyvesant Town, New York City Apartments, Peter Cooper Village, New York News
Elizabeth Donoghue

New York is experiencing what the rest of the country is, too: unemployment and hard times. The Stuy Town decision on rent regulation will help people keep their homes in this uncertain era.

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Most Expensive Real Estate Deal In US History Poised To Flop

AP | DAVID B. CARUSO | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Tishman Speyer, Tenants Rights, Tishman Speyer Stuyvesant Town, Blackrock Realty, Stuyvesant Town, Rent Control, Real Estate, Blackrock, Peter Cooper Village, New York City, New York News

NEW YORK — It was the most expensive real estate deal in U.S. history. Now it's poised to become one of the biggest flops. At the height of the...

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California Tenants Have No Friends in Governor's Race

Paul Hogarth | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Tenants Rights, Rent Control, Gavin Newsom, Arnold Schwarzenegger, California Governor's Race, Jerry Brown, Politics News
Paul Hogarth

Last Friday at 5:00 p.m. (which he's apt to do when releasing bad news), San Francisco Mayor Newsom vetoed three pro-tenant ordinances designed to help renters facing hard times.

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