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Brown Water And Gas Fumes: Some Of Steve Croman's Tenants Still Living In "A Nightmare"
“It’s business as usual. Nothing’s changed,” says Cynthia Chaffee of 346 East 18th Street, founder of the Stop Croman Coalition. “It’s the same goons we had to deal with.”
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Steven Wishnia
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Tenants Face Uphill Battle To Get Landlords To Roll Back Illegal Apartment Deregulations
No one knows just how many apartments were deregulated under the now-repealed high-rent vacancy decontrol law, and challenging an illegal deregulation 'can be very, very difficult.'
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Steven Wishnia
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Eric Garner's Neighborhood Fears Rezoning Will Bring Brooklyn-Style Gentrification To Staten Island
'They’re blinging it out,' says Staten Island community organizer Dulce Rivera, pointing to a bodega that used to serve $3 breakfasts and is now bedecked with chandeliers. 'This is part of the package.'
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Steven Wishnia
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Tenants Rally For Rent Protections Outside Jared Kushner's East Village Property
Time is running out to pass the 'universal rent control' package pending in the state legislature.
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Steven Wishnia
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Your Guide To Which Universal Rent Control Measures Will Survive Albany
With Democrats now holding a majority in the state Senate, hopes are high that this will be the year not only to stanch the loss of rent-stabilized apartments, but to establish 'universal rent control.'
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Steven Wishnia
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Push For Stronger NY Rent Laws Goes Up Against Powerful Landlord Lobby
Both Andrew Cuomo and state Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie have indicated that they may oppose more radical reforms.
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Steven Wishnia
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Can Lawsuits Stop Four More Gigantic Towers From Going Up In Two Bridges?
'What I deserve is light and air and a decent place to live.'
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Steven Wishnia
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Tenants Say Kushner And Other Predatory Landlords Are Choking Them With Lead Dust
City inspectors have found dangerous levels of lead dust in nine East Village-area buildings produced by vacant apartments being gut-renovated, most recently in one owned by Trump son-in-law Jared Kushner.
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Steven Wishnia
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Pot Stores Are Coming To NY, But Cuomo Won't Say What They'll Look Like
Will the marijuana industry be dominated by big corporations? Will tax revenues aid communities harmed by stop-and-frisk? Will New York get home growing or Amsterdam-style pot coffeehouses? All this awaits the governor's January announcement.
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Steven Wishnia
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Rats, Cold, Darkness: South Bronx Tenants Say Slumlord's Son Is Putting Them Through Hell
'We were barely getting any heat and I think it’s because we were being punished because the landlord just wanted us out. There was garbage everywhere… That’s around the time that rats and mice started to infest the building.'
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Steven Wishnia
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What Can NYC Do To Stop Small Businesses From Dying Out?
Despite the 100-odd protesters who filled the room holding 'Pass SBJSA Intact' signs, City Council Speaker Corey Johnson said he expected the measure to be amended.
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Steven Wishnia
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Will NY City Council Finally Take Action To Save Small Businesses From Extinction?
'The real question is, do they want to stop the loss of small businesses? Or are they afraid to stand up to REBNY?'
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Steven Wishnia
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