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A rent freeze is officially on the table - City & State New York
News & PoliticsThe city’s Rent Guidelines Board set a range of possible allowable rent hikes for stabilized units that starts at 0% for both one- and two-year leases. Tenant advocates rallied outside the Rent Guidelines Board meeting Thursday evening. Annie McDonough By Annie McDonough Senior City Hall Reporter May 7, 2026 08:21 PM ET News & Politics New York City New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani is one step closer to delivering on his campaign promise of freezing the rent.Of course, he can’t actually say that just yet. The preliminary vote by the city’s Rent Guidelines Board only sets a range of possible allowable increases for one- and two-year leases for the city’s roughly 1 million rent-stabilized apartments. The board voted Thursday night to approve a range of 0-2% for one-year leases and 0-4% for two-year leases, but the board’s final vote on an allowable increase – or freeze – will happen in late June.And if successful, Mamdani may not claim credit at all, given how careful he’s been since taking office about not publicly calling on the city’s Rent Guidelines Board to approve a rent freeze. The board is supposed to be independent, but the mayor appoints its nine members. Since taking office, Mamdani has appointed five tenant-friendly members and brought back a sixth. In a relatively muted statement right after the vote, Mamdani said he was “encouraged” to see the board “taking seriously the data around affordability, operating expenses, and the pressures facing both tenants and small property owners as it sets this preliminary range.” “As the RGB begins its public hearings, tenants, owners, and New Yorkers from every borough should make their voices heard and speak directly to what this housing crisis looks like in their lives,” he added. “I’m confident the Board will weigh those perspectives carefully and arrive at a decision later this summer that reflects the urgency of this moment.”Freezing the rent, however, could further strain Mamdani’s relationship with the business community – and landlords in particular – who argue that owners can’t afford frozen rents with rising costs.One of those landlord groups, the Small Property Owners of New York, bashed the range approved Thursday night. “It ignores the severe economic realities of mom-and-pop, generational, immigrant small property owners whose capped rent streams make it impossible to keep pace with skyrocketing property tax, insurance, utility, repair, and all other operating costs,” bo...
Vote Brings 'Freeze the Rent' Closer to Reality in New York
The panel that regulates rents for nearly one million apartments cast its first vote since Mayor Zohran Mamdani took office, approving ranges that included no increases.
Mayor Mamdani's rent freeze promise faces its first real test
NEW YORK CITY (PIX11) — It's judgment day for Mayor Zohran Mamdani's rent freeze. The nine-member Rent Guidelines Board, a majority of which were appointed by Mayor Zohran Mamdani, will vote ...
How Zohran Mamdani's Plans for Buses, Rent, Childcare Have Worked ...
NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani has proposed free buses, a rent freeze, and universal childcare to lower costs. Mamdani's affordability plans face funding hurdles, since any new taxes must come from the ...
