{"id":150948,"date":"2026-03-03T13:47:09","date_gmt":"2026-03-03T13:47:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/150948\/"},"modified":"2026-03-03T13:47:09","modified_gmt":"2026-03-03T13:47:09","slug":"albany-eyes-commercial-rent-control-but-hells-kitchen-owners-say-the-crisis-runs-deeper","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/150948\/","title":{"rendered":"Albany Eyes Commercial Rent Control \u2014 But Hell\u2019s Kitchen Owners Say the Crisis Runs Deeper"},"content":{"rendered":"

With a commercial rent stabilization bill advancing in Albany, we went out to ask Hell\u2019s Kitchen operators whether it would help. Their answer: rent is only part of the problem \u2014 and not always the most urgent one.<\/p>\n

When Sean Hayden looks at the books for Alfie\u2019s<\/a> on 9th Avenue, rent isn\u2019t the line item that makes him wince. Water and sewer are. \u201cPre-pandemic, we were paying about $23,000 a year,\u201d said Hayden, who is also an owner\/partner at McCoys, Jasper\u2019s and Dalton\u2019s. \u201cNow it\u2019s closer to $45,000. It\u2019s insane.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Catie Savage & Phil O\u2019Brien often report as a team for W42ST, combining Hell\u2019s Kitchen knowledge with journalism experience. Catie, a neighborhood resident since 2005, is W42ST\u2019s Deputy Editor and a longtime community advocate \u2014 founder of Litter Legion, co-chair of the HK49-54 Block Alliance, and a member of Manhattan Community Board 4. Phil is W42ST\u2019s Publisher & Editor, a former international photojournalist (he photographed Nelson Mandela, Mother Teresa and Princess Diana) and the founder of EMPICS, once Getty Images\u2019 major European sports photo competitor. Phil has lived in New York since 2012 and founded W42ST in 2014. Together, they cover stories where local lived experience and accountability reporting meet.<\/p>\n

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