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art imitates life etc
December 5, 2025 at 5:24 PM
art imitates life etc
and to create the social housing authority - permanently affordable housing for ALL income levels. no more carve outs (i see you, 421-a) jacobin.com/2024/02/soci...
Social Housing for New York Is on the Table
Free-market housing policies will never generate mass affordable housing — which is why a new bill in New York sponsored by socialist legislators aims to make publicly owned social housing a reality.
jacobin.com
November 29, 2025 at 2:42 AM
and to create the social housing authority - permanently affordable housing for ALL income levels. no more carve outs (i see you, 421-a) jacobin.com/2024/02/soci...
we need emily to stay in albany and keep fighting for us, in spite of and especially when there are setbacks like new york agreeing to delay the all-electric buildings act: www.cbsnews.com/newyork/news...
Hochul delays New York's all-electric building law that was set to take effect next year
Gov. Kathy Hochul has delayed a controversial all-electric building law that was set to start on Jan. 1, 2026.
www.cbsnews.com
November 29, 2025 at 2:41 AM
we need emily to stay in albany and keep fighting for us, in spite of and especially when there are setbacks like new york agreeing to delay the all-electric buildings act: www.cbsnews.com/newyork/news...
i filed a rent overcharge complaint and it will take up to 2 years for me to see any relief because the state office in charge of these cases is underfunded and completely backed up. it will get worse as more new yorkers realize what's going on. you should file anyway tho. hcr.ny.gov/rent-increas...
Rent Increases and Rent Overcharge
hcr.ny.gov
November 12, 2025 at 9:34 PM
i filed a rent overcharge complaint and it will take up to 2 years for me to see any relief because the state office in charge of these cases is underfunded and completely backed up. it will get worse as more new yorkers realize what's going on. you should file anyway tho. hcr.ny.gov/rent-increas...
the only thing the state has started doing is fining landlords who don't register their rent stabilized units - $500 per unit per month. that got my landlord to register his units but he stated the wrong price for each one in my building - some are higher or lower than actual price.
November 12, 2025 at 9:33 PM
the only thing the state has started doing is fining landlords who don't register their rent stabilized units - $500 per unit per month. that got my landlord to register his units but he stated the wrong price for each one in my building - some are higher or lower than actual price.
there is NO and i mean NO enforcement or mechanism in place at the state level to make sure landlords aren't overcharging rent stabilized tenants. @thecity.nyc has done great reporting on this. www.thecity.nyc/2022/12/23/r...
Apartments Vanish From New York’s Rent Regulation System and Questions Linger About How
Three years after a 2019 overhaul was supposed to stop landlords from removing most apartments from rent stabilization, thousands are left unaccounted for.
www.thecity.nyc
November 12, 2025 at 9:32 PM
there is NO and i mean NO enforcement or mechanism in place at the state level to make sure landlords aren't overcharging rent stabilized tenants. @thecity.nyc has done great reporting on this. www.thecity.nyc/2022/12/23/r...
