Manhattan, NY.- With one month remaining until the expiration of rent laws elected officials and advocates will call for an end to deregulation of New Yorkers one million rent regulated units and an end to massive rent increases for the units’ 2.5 million tenants. 35,000 units have been deregulated under the current rent laws since their passage in 2011.
The press conference will be held on the Steps of City Hall at 11am, headed by State Senator Adriano Espaillat (D-Manhattan/Bronx), the Ranker of the Senate’s Housing Committee, Councilman Ydanis Rodriguez, among others
WHO: Elected officials, housing advocates, tenants of rent regulated housing
WHAT: A call for the end to deregulation of rent regulated units and an end to massive rent increases for these units
WHERE: City Hall Steps
WHEN: Thursday, May 14th at 11:00am