Adams calls for Rent Guidelines Board to adopt 'lowest increase possible' as final vote approaches

Mayor Adams ‘violated’ the law, paving way for City Council solitary confinement ban: court

Mayor Eric Adams “violated” the law when he blocked the City Council’s ban on solitary confinement in Big Apple prisons, a Manhattan judge ruled Monday. “Mayor Adams acted beyond the scope of his emergency powers,” wrote Manhattan Supreme Court Judge Jeffery H. Pearlman in his decision on Monday. A Manhattan judge ruled that Mayor Adams...

NYC Rent Guidelines Board approves rate increase for 1 million rent-stabilized units

The New York City Rent Guidelines Board approved a rate increase for more than a million rent-stabilized apartments across the five boroughs, despite objections from lawmakers and hundreds of tenants in attendance. The board, appointed by Mayor Eric Adams, voted Monday night by a 5-4 margin to raise the rent by 3% for one-year leases and 4.5% for two-year leases....

NYC Panel Will Vote on Rent Increases, a Key Issue for Mamdani and Adams

As Mayor Eric Adams blasts Zohran Mamdani’s pledge to freeze the rent, a panel he appointed will decide Monday if tenants will soon have to pay more.

Adams calls for Rent Guidelines Board to adopt 'lowest increase possible' as final vote approaches

Adams did not call for a rent freeze like fellow New York City mayoral candidate and Council member Zohran Mamdani.