“Freezing the rent is a critical way to ensure that New York remains home to the people who built it and the people who make it sing.”
Editor’s Note: City Limits has offered similar op-ed space to the other primary candidates running for NYC mayor this year to share their housing plans. If you’re a candidate interested in submitting a piece, email [email protected].
Read Scott Stringer’s housing pitch here, and Michael Blake’s here.
Record-high rents are chasing tenants out of our city. Eviction cases are surging and homelessness is at its highest point since the Great Depression. Last year, almost a quarter of rent stabilized tenants were behind on rent, and 20 percent reached the end of a month with no money left…