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A coalition of state lawmakers and small business groups want to build on New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s campaign pledge to “freeze the rent” and extend rent control to commercial properties like bodegas and mom-and-pop shops.
A new bill would create a commercial rent guidelines board that would set maximum allowable rent increases, standardize lease terms to 10 years and provide commercial tenants with the right to demand written lease agreements…