Tucked away on page 43 of the Mamdani admin’s “Rental Ripoff” report is a box explaining how the city plans to talk about landlords going forward.
After a few months of referring to “bad” or “negligent” landlords and “preservation purchasers,” city officials have a new shorthand: There are now “high road” landlords and “low road” landlords.
High-road landlords, the city explains, meet with their tenants regularly. They work with officials and lenders to make sure their buildings are maintained and that “modest returns are stable.”…