As Mayor Adams Looks to Stack Rent Board, Tenant Groups Press Potential Appointees to ‘Refuse’
Outgoing Mayor Eric Adams is weighing new appointments to the Rent Guidelines Board in his final weeks, an effort to block Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani’s pledged rent freeze. But finding candidates willing to take the post—and face the wrath of tenant groups—could be a tall order.
“If Adams asks you to serve on the RGB, we call on you to refuse,” the Rent Justice Coalition, made up of several tenant advocacy groups, said in a joint statement last week. Blocking the mayor-elect's rent freeze, they say, would “overrule” the desire of voters who turned out in droves on Election Day in support of Mamdani's affordability agenda.
“Tenants will protest you every step of the way,” the Coalition said.
Pinnacle Tenants Demand City Intervene to Save Their Homes
After the Pinnacle Group sent 93 of its buildings into a bankruptcy auction, tenants are calling on the city to responsibly steward their properties to a new owner.
How Each NYC Neighborhood Voted On The Housing Ballot Measures
A majority of New Yorkers voted to pass ballot measures that change the land use process for affordable housing. But Republican districts and neighborhoods that built less housing are still resistant to the changes.
Community-Led Project Looks to Grow Gowanus Canal’s Mussel Population
Changes to the Gowanus Canal, part of a major cleanup project in the notoriously polluted waterway, are resulting in loss of mussel habitat. But community intervention could increase the Atlantic ribbed mussel population, with promising implications for the Canal’s future.
“Rather than rely solely on the new mayor or pundits to interpret the results, the transition tents served as an informal poll of what New Yorkers really wanted.”
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‘No es nada agradable’: cómo afectó a los neoyorquinos el retraso en distribución de prestaciones de SNAP
Si bien el gobierno federal ha reabierto oficialmente, los beneficiarios locales del programa SNAP tuvieron que lidiar con refrigeradores y alacenas vacías durante más de una semana. Ahora, se prevé que los requisitos de trabajo impuestos por la administración Trump causen más dificultades.
PODCAST: ¿Cómo han cambiado las deportaciones bajo la segunda administración de Trump?
Con la drástica reducción del número de inmigrantes que llegan a la frontera, el gobierno se ha enfocado en la deportación desde el interior del país, con el objetivo de lograr deportaciones masivas.
