{"id":129076,"date":"2026-02-10T18:42:06","date_gmt":"2026-02-10T18:42:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/129076\/"},"modified":"2026-02-10T18:42:06","modified_gmt":"2026-02-10T18:42:06","slug":"nyc-to-hold-rental-ripoff-hearings-in-each-borough","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/129076\/","title":{"rendered":"NYC to hold \u2018Rental Ripoff Hearings\u2019 in each borough\u00a0\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>CITYWIDE \u2014\u00a0 MAYOR ZOHRAN MAMDANI on Tuesday announced the dates and locations for New York City\u2019s first-ever \u201cRental Ripoff Hearings,\u201d a series of five public hearings, one in each borough, where residents will be invited to share their rental issues, from mold, broken appliances and unsafe construction conditions to hidden fees and surprise charges. \u201cYou can\u2019t fight for tenants without listening to them first,\u201d Mamdani said in a release.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The hearings are meant to create a direct line between tenants and senior officials, including commissioners from the city\u2019s housing and consumer protection agencies, and help shape future policy. The city will publish a report within 90 days outlining improvements. Register to attend in person at  <a href=\"http:\/\/nyc.gov\/RentalRipoff\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">nyc.gov\/RentalRipoff<\/a>.\u00a0 Those who cannot attend in person can submit testimony via email to  <a href=\"http:\/\/brooklyneagle.com\/cdn-cgi\/l\/email-protection#1c4e7972687d704e756c737a7a5c7f756865747d70703272657f327b736a\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">[email\u00a0protected]<\/a>.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The Brooklyn hearing will be held on Thursday, Feb. 26 from 5:30-8:30 p.m., in Downtown Brooklyn. See website for other locations.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\u2730\u2730\u2730<\/p>\n<p> <a style=\"font-size: inherit; background-color: #fefefe;\" href=\"https:\/\/brooklyneagle.com\/whats-news-breaking\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wnb-read-more aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/read-more-wnb-shad-1024x341.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"341\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"CITYWIDE \u2014\u00a0 MAYOR ZOHRAN MAMDANI on Tuesday announced the dates and locations for New York City\u2019s first-ever \u201cRental&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":55437,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[39],"tags":[3302,9,24,63,564,134,136,135,55606,82],"class_list":["post-129076","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-staten-island","tag-breaking","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-nyc","tag-rent","tag-staten-island","tag-staten-island-headlines","tag-staten-island-news","tag-tenants-rights","tag-zohran-mamdani"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/129076","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=129076"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/129076\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/55437"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=129076"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=129076"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=129076"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}