Rent board fulfills Mamdani's vow to freeze the rent on 1 million NYC apartments
ABC NewsLiveVideoShowsGood Morning AmericaShopGMAInterest Successfully AddedWe'll notify you here with news aboutTurn on desktop notifications for breaking stories about interest? One of its members, an appointee representing landlords, resigned in protest as she claimed the board's independence had been compromised.“The Rent Guidelines Board has stopped being a fact-finding body,” former board member Christina Smyth wrote in her resignation letter, which she provided to The Associated Press. While the apartments are privately owned, the city board votes each year on the maximum allowed rent increase.The board has frozen rents in the past, most recently under former Mayor Bill de Blasio, but then approved modest increases under Mamdani's predecessor, former Mayor Eric Adams.
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- ▪ New York City freezes rents for 1 million flats in win for Mamdani — South China Morning Post
- ▪ Panel approves Mamdani’s rent freeze for nearly 1 million NYC apartments — Washington Examiner
- ▪ Mamdani’s Rent Freeze Is Approved by New York City Board — NYT — Home
- ▪ New York City freezes rents for one million apartments in Mayor Mamdani victory — The Straits Times
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ABC NewsLiveVideoShowsGood Morning AmericaShopGMAInterest Successfully AddedWe'll notify you here with news aboutTurn on desktop notifications for breaking stories about interest? OffOnStream onRent board fulfills Mamdani's vow to freeze the rent on 1 million NYC apartmentsNew York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani promised a rent freeze for people living in 1 million apartments if he got electedByANTHONY IZAGUIRRE Associated PressJune 25, 2026, 6:29 PM1:02FILE - Democratic mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani arrives at the NBC studios to participate in a Democratic mayoral primary debate, June 4, 2025, in New York.
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