“As multifamily landlords weigh the potential benefits of leaving the city behind, recent efforts to introduce tighter rent laws upstate in Kingston could complicate those plans. That city is considering … Read More
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The River: The Rent is Too Damn High in the Hudson Valley
“If there’s one city where rampant development and housing reform have been on a collision course, it’s Kingston, a place that figures to be a testing ground for the efficacy … Read More
Hudson Valley One: Passed by state, rent reform coming to the Hudson Valley
Major changes to New York’s housing laws could offer additional protections to renters here in the Hudson Valley. The revamped version of 1974’s Emergency Tenant Protection Act will also open … Read More
Hudson Valley One: Tenants mobilize in the Hudson Valley and beyond
“With Nassau County-based developer E&M Management on the verge of purchasing the Stony Run apartment complex on Hurley Avenue in Kingston, tenant-advocacy groups held a press conference on June 6 … Read More
The Nation: In the Heart of Real-Estate Power, a Housing Movement Nears Victory
“By noon, loud chants filled the vaulted lobby outside Cuomo’s executive suite as roughly 100 tenants with the Upstate-Downstate Housing Alliance pressed their government for new protections. “Whose housing crisis?” … Read More
Daily Freeman: Visiting Ulster County, NYC public advocate presses for tenant protections
“PORT EWEN, N.Y. — The nine tenant-protection bills under consideration by the state Legislature need to be adopted to make sure landlords take responsibility for their properties, advocates said Thursday. New … Read More
Hudson: Housing is a Human Right
“Relief never comes to those who suffer in silence, but to those who empower themselves. This is a story about a woman – Juanita Velazquez-Amador – who found her voice … Read More
LTE: Kingstonian project must be subject to thorough review
“The Kingstonian is a substantial and potentially transformative project for the City of Kingston. At this pivotal moment in our community’s history, with an affordable housing crisis, a $10 million … Read More
Gothamist: ‘People Need To Stand Up & Fight’: Frustrated Tenants Flood Albany Demanding Rent Reforms
“On Tuesday, hundreds of tenant activists converged on Albany to lobby for a package of nine bills that could strengthen protections for the city’s one million rent stabilized tenants, and expand … Read More
Spectrum News: Single Mother Gets Emergency Housing Assistance From Friends, Landlord
“Once a handful of community activists learned how dire the circumstances were for the family, they mobilized. Most of the group’s members are renters who stick up for housing insecure … Read More
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