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What Tenants Need To Know About NYC Rent Guidelines Board's Latest Move
Tenants must be sure when they sign new leases that the 6-month freeze is reflected and that the 1.5% increase comes at the right time.

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Tenants must be sure when they sign new leases that the 6-month freeze is reflected and that the 1.5% increase comes at the right time.

“I cried today. I’m just really sad we all are going to separate from each other, but it’s for the best.”
“There’ll be other election lawsuits,” Foldenauer predicted. “It depends on what the margins are.”
Tuesday’s results are just the first step in a weeks-long process to determine who will likely become the city’s 110th leader.
The Council currently has just 14 female members. Never before in the Council’s history have women outnumbered men.
“They would come running, sometimes you would have more than one taxi coming for you and that felt wonderful. It gets frustrating."
As New Yorkers voted on Primary Day, many said they were struggling to adjust — to a lot of things.
City Council member Brad Lander emerged with the highest number of initial first-place votes under the new ranked choice voting system.
Bragg garnered 34.6% of the vote with nearly 90% of scanners reporting as of Tuesday night, according to the Board of Elections.
As of early Wednesday, almost all of the borough president races across the city were still neck and neck.
“They’re not small rats,” Torres told THE CITY in Spanish. “They’re huge.”
A City Hall spokesperson said organizers are in the process of reaching out to “heroes of the pandemic” and ensuring it's inclusive.
New York City’s building sector remains 25,000 jobs below its pre-coronavirus peak.
The union for transit workers said that eateries intruding on bus lanes create obstacles for MTA drivers moving a growing number of riders.
As winter melted into spring and coronavirus rates dropped, candidates left Zoom rooms and raced into face-to-face politics across New York.
Even after allegedly ditching his share in the apartment, Adams continued to live there until 2013.
The "Less Is More” Act would give parolees more leeway in avoiding jail after being busted for low-level offenses or technical violations.
Adams has not responded to THE CITY’s request to provide documentation that the co-op board was notified of the transfer of the shares.
They are running competitive races against machine-backed candidates.
To the untrained eye, their handiwork is almost invisible — but the five-foot-wide, trash-free clearing didn't just happen by accident.