Thursday, November 3, 2022

The City: Tenants rally (3 times in past several days) against warehousing

 The City: 

In Near-Daily Protests, Tenants Demand End to Widespread Rent-Stabilized Apartment Vacancies 

by Sam Rabiyah and Rachel Holliday Smith, Nov. 3, 2022

https://www.thecity.nyc/housing/2022/11/3/23439366/tenants-protest-rent-stabilized-apartment-vacancies 

Since THE CITY’s finding that last year some 89,000 rent-stabilized units were empty, tenants and elected officials have been taking to the streets. 

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And listen to the Brian Lehrer Show on WNYC discussion with Sam Rabiyah here: https://www.wnyc.org/story/why-thousands-rent-stabilized-apartments-sat-empty.


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