Tag: Rensselaer
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Rudy Trashes Rent Decontrol Compromise By MICHAEL O. ALLEN, Daily News Staff Writer
Sunday, April 20, 1997 Mayor Giuliani yesterday rejected a potential compromise in the battle to save state rent laws, saying the protections must be maintained for 2 million tenants. The mayor said it was “unacceptable” to lift the ceiling on rent hikes for units where tenants move out or die because that would eventually eliminate…
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City Council Holding Rent Line By MICHAEL O. ALLEN, Daily News Staff Writer
Wednesday, March 26, 1997 The City Council yesterday endured glares, chants and boos, but ultimately got cheers from tenants as it overwhelmingly approved largely symbolic action to continue laws that restrict rent hikes. The 47-to-3 vote, which sets the stage for Mayor Giuliani to sign the bill before an April 1 reauthorization deadline, also makes…
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City Hall Protesters Rally for Rent Control
February 27, 1997 by MICHAEL O. ALLEN, Daily News Staff Writer Hundreds of placard-waving tenants rallied outside City Hall yesterday to denounce landlords and politicians and demand renewal of threatened state rent protection. The tenants, worried that state lawmakers will allow the laws on more than a million city apartments to expire in June, applauded…