{"id":320881,"date":"2026-08-14T00:42:12","date_gmt":"2026-08-14T00:42:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/320881\/"},"modified":"2026-08-14T00:42:12","modified_gmt":"2026-08-14T00:42:12","slug":"nyc-tenant-groups-fight-back-against-landlords-trying-to-upend-mayor-zohran-mamdanis-rent-freeze","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/320881\/","title":{"rendered":"NYC Tenant Groups Fight Back Against Landlords Trying to Upend Mayor Zohran Mamdani\u2019s Rent Freeze"},"content":{"rendered":"

New York City tenant rights organizations are working together to make sure the rent freeze under Mayor Zohran Mamdani<\/a> stays in place.<\/p>\n

After the Rent Guidelines Board’s vote to freeze the rent on one- and two-year rent-stabilized leases, the Wall Street Journal<\/a> reported last month that a group of landlords filed a lawsuit seeking to overturn the decision.<\/p>\n

In response, nonprofit organizations Tenants & Neighbors and the Metropolitan Council on Housing filed a joint motion<\/a> on Thursday, August 13, to intervene and request an order “dismissing the Verified Petition in its entirety.”<\/p>\n

“Landlords are trying to use the courts to overturn a rent freeze they couldn’t stop through the public process,” Met Council executive director Darius Khalil said in a statement to Gothamist<\/a> on Thursday.<\/p>\n

“This freeze was lawful, justified and desperately needed,” Khalil added.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, Randy Mastro \u2014 a former deputy mayor representing the landlords<\/a> \u2014 told the outlet that he was reviewing the tenant groups’ filing.<\/p>\n

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According to the Wall Street Journal, the lawsuit filed by the group of landlords accused the Rent Guidelines Board of going through a “sham process<\/a>” before voting 7-1 in June to approve the rent freeze.<\/p>\n

The lawsuit claims, per WSJ, that the 34-year-old mayor influenced the outcome<\/a>. However, a spokesperson for the mayor said, “We are confident that the board evaluated all of the relevant data and considered the factors facing both tenants and landlords across New York City.”<\/p>\n

While Fox News<\/a> reported that rents in New York City are increasing, Mamdani celebrated the recent rent freeze by calling it “a historic victory for New York City tenants.”<\/p>\n

“After reviewing the data and hearing from New Yorkers across the city, the independent RGB has delivered a freeze on one-year leases, and the first-ever freeze on two-year leases in our city’s history,” he said in a statement<\/a>. “This is the relief that working people across our city deserve.”<\/p>\n

“I’m grateful for the board members’ thoughtful consideration of the data<\/a>, including tenants’ ability to pay, cost of living and building operating costs,” Mamdani added. “I’ll continue working to deliver a more affordable city by building and preserving affordable housing, lowering building operating costs like insurance, and ensuring tenants know their rights.”<\/p>\n

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