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Poll: New Yorkers Want Property Tax Cap
ALBANY, N.Y. (CBSNewYork/AP) — A poll said the New York Legislature’s top priority heading into the final weeks of the 2011 session should be passing a property tax cap. The Siena College poll said the...
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State Troopers Arrest NYC Lawmakers At Rent Control Rally
ALBANY, N.Y. (CBSNewYork/AP) — New York state troopers arrested a dozen protesters, including a state senator, who blocked the entrance to the governor’s office in a choreographed act of civil...
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Gov. Cuomo Threatens Special Session For NY Legislature Over Rent Control Law
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork/AP) – Gov. Andrew Cuomo says the Senate’s failure to renew the New York City rent control law before it expired Wednesday night is “unacceptable.” The Democrat is threatening...
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Senate Temporarily Restores New York City’s Rent Control Law
ALBANY, N.Y. (CBSNewYork/AP) — New York’s Senate temporarily restored New York City’s rent control law Friday until a longer term solution can be negotiated by midnight Monday. The extension is...
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Wednesday Appears To Be D-Day For Gay Marriage In New York
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork/AP) – Amped-up rhetoric aside and with seemingly little regard for the national microscope being trained on them, lawmakers in New York returned to office Tuesday with the...
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Actress Suing MTA After She Was Forced Out Of Her Home For Second Ave. Subway...
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) – A commercial actress said she was forced out of her apartment by the MTA and now wants them to pay her what they promised. Sally Ardrey was in the Wisk commercials back in the...
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Landlords, Tenants Face Off At Rent Guidelines Board Public Hearing
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) – The New York City Rent Guidelines Board held a public hearing in lower Manhattan Thursday. As WCBS 880′s Marla Diamond reported, landlords were pitted against tenants and...
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Rent Increases Approved For A Million Rent-Controlled Tenants
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — The New York City Rent Guidelines Board voted Thursday night in favor of rent increases. Under the new recommendations approved by a 5-4 vote, rent can go up 4 percent on...
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Chinatown Residents Back In Rent-Controlled Apartments Following 2010 Fire
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — It’s home sweet home again for several families in Chinatown. As CBS 2′s Weijia Jiang reported Thursday, a raging fire ripped through their apartments and disrupted their lives...
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NYC Tenants Want Change Now As Rent Regulations Set To Expire
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork/AP) — Time is running out for the more than 2 million tenants covered by New York City’s rent laws while a deal to renew the regulations continues to elude New York state...
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NYS Senate, Assembly Unable To Come To An Agreement On Rent Stabilization Laws
UPDATED 06/16/15 12:30 a.m. ALBANY, N.Y. (CBSNewYork/AP) — Despite dire warnings, Albany lawmakers were unable to agree on the possibility of extending rent regulations covering more than 2 million...
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Protesters Blast Cuomo Over Deal On Rent Regulations
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — Despite a tentative state deal on rent regulations, tenants are still demanding stronger laws. Rent-regulated tenants and advocates rallied Wednesday outside Gov. Andrew Cuomo‘s...
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