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New York Rent Board Freezes Controlled Rents for Up to Two Years in Mamdani Win
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New York’s Rent Guidelines Board approved a two-year rent freeze for about one million stabilized apartments, a major early win for Mayor Zohran Mamdani. The 7-1 vote sets 0% increases on one- and two-year renewals from October, amid sharp tenant support and landlord criticism.
- 01Rent increases for about one million New York regulated apartments will be frozen.
- 02The board voted 7-1, setting 0% increases on renewals starting in October.
- 03Zohran Mamdani called the move a “historic victory” for tenants.
- 04A landlord representative resigned and said the outcome had been predetermined.
- 05Landlord groups warned the freeze could hurt maintenance and market-rate rents.
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