Two months of free rent may offer some relief in New York City’s expensive and competitive housing market. But a class-action lawsuit alleges that tenants at one Brooklyn building faced a potential 20% rent increase once those introductory deals ended.
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Allegedly unlawful rent increases at 300 Ashland Place in Fort Greene were the subject of the tenants’ complaint against developer Two Trees. The law firm Newman Ferrara brought the case in collaboration with the nonprofit Housing Rights Initiative, Gothamist reported…