NEW YORK CITY (PIX11) – Deliberations begin this week on rent increases for New York City’s one million rent-stabilized units.
The city’s nine-member Rent Guidelines Board will meet on Wednesday, kicking off a months-long process to set rent increases. The board will deliver its final decision in June.
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The Rent Guidelines Board has the power to institute a rent freeze – a high-profile promise of Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s campaign. Mamdani cannot himself freeze rents, but he has appointed a majority of Rent Guidelines Board members.
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Sumathy Kumar, executive director of Housing Justice For All, joins PIX on Politics Daily with Dan Mannarino to discuss the need for a rent freeze.
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