Rent Control and Stabilization
New York Renters Are Now Paying the Price for the ‘Covid Discount’
“It breaks our heart,” she said. “We had lived in that neighborhood for eight years. We knew every single doorman. We knew people in the neighborhood. We were hoping to blend our former lives with our new lives and that was an opportunity that was not given to us.” Many New Yorkers moved during the […]
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The Tenants Tried to Stop an Eviction. Now They Could Own the Building
Lizzette Concepcion moved into the building in 2010, arriving postpartum from a homeless shelter. Mr. Giddings sued her for unpaid rent. However, he changed his address repeatedly, making it impossible for her to get the housing subsidy to him, according to her lawyer at the time, Jane Li. Ms. Concepcion estimated that she owes $20,000 […]
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