#renter-rights

#renter-rights

The policy will give city staff and police more clarity on how to handle people living on the streets and in RVs, and keep public spaces accessible.

The Homekey project at 1237 San Antonio Road has been in the works since fall 2023, when city and state leaders touted its importance in addressing the local and regional housing crisis.

I never expected to own a home. I wasn't born into generational wealth. I grew up poor. There was-and is-no big family inheritance coming my way. Not property. Not cash. Not stocks or bonds or whatever financial instrument one might trade or sell or leverage to join the landed class.

The Department of Education's failure to properly process discharge applications from vulnerable and sick borrowers is reprehensible. We are simply asking the Department to review their applications on the merits, as is their right.

One resident of Princeton's Western Section told the room, 'Those of us who own historic homes are subsidizing the community' - and was met with applause.

"The landlord did not pay attention to this house whatsoever. We didn't even know we had a landlord."

Once she paid rent and moved in, she became a month-to-month tenant, regardless of the length of time she stayed in your house. As a month-to-month tenant, she is required to give you a 30-day written notice of termination, and she is responsible for rent during that 30-day period, whether she stayed there or not.

Sumathy Kumar and I have fought side by side in Albany to win real, transformative change for working-class families and, as we look to freeze rents and hold bad landlords accountable, the tenant movement couldn't have a more powerful champion. I'm proud to partner with Sumathy in the fight for every New Yorker to have a safe, stable, and affordable place to call home.