Housing advocates call for rent strike

Housing advocates in New York are calling for a rent strike in May, but landlords are pushing back on the movement, saying they too are having trouble making ends meet.

Renters in NY call for rent strike
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Housing advocates in New York are calling for a rent strike in May and demanding Governor Cuomo cancel rent payments for the month, but landlords are pushing back on the idea, saying they too are having trouble making ends meet.

As May 1 looms, calls grow for rent freeze in NYC

Come May 1, some renters in New York City will likely not be able to pay their rent, and advocates are calling for a rent freeze to help tenants.

Mayor De Blasio urges city to consider rent freezes in regulated buildings

Mayor Bill de Blasio says he is working to keep roofs over the head of the more than 2,000,000 New Yorkers who live in rent-stabilized apartments.

De Blasio calls for rent freeze in regulated buildings
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Mayor Bill de Blasio is calling upon the Rent Guidelines Board to issue a rent freeze for tenants living in rent-stabilized units.

April 1, rent's due: Many struggle to pay in virus outbreak

It's the first of the month, and everybody knows the rent's due. For millions of Americans, Wednesday is the first time the landlord is knocking on the door since the coronavirus outbreak turned the economy upside down.

With thousands struggling, groups across NYC planning a rent strike
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A growing group is asking Governor Cuomo to cancel rent, mortgage and utility payments until the coronavirus crisis ends and is organizing a rent strike.

Calls for national rent strike during coronavirus crisis

With millions of people suddenly out of work and rent due at the first of the month, some tenants are vowing to go on a rent strike until the coronavirus pandemic subsides.

As virus grips nation, advocates move to halt evictions

NEW YORK (AP) — On the day after the coronavirus outbreak was declared a global pandemic, Joe Ferguson was given a batch of court-ordered evictions to carry out in his job as constable in Tucson, Arizona.

Trump suspends all evictions, foreclosures until end of April

Managing dual health and economic crises, President Donald Trump announced Wednesday that he will invoke a federal provision that allows the government to marshal the private sector in response to the coronavirus pandemic.

Ozone Park families displaced by sewer backup being kicked out of motels

For more than three months, dozens of residents of South Ozone Park have been displaced from their residences after a collapsed city pipe flooded their homes with raw sewage.

Displaced families in South Ozone Park being kicked out of motels
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Families displaced by a sewage spill in South Ozone Park say that they are being kicked out of their temporary housing, despite being originally told that the city would cover their stays intro April.

NY Botanical Garden teams up with developer to build affordable housing

The Bedford Park section of the Bronx is perhaps most notable for the sprawling New York Botanical Gardens. But now, just outside of those gardens, a plan is in the works to create new affordable housing.

Ruling could force Upper West Side skyscraper to cut down 20 floors

The nearly-completed 668-foot tall building at 200 Amsterdam Avenue may have to take a little off the top after a New York State Supreme Court judge ruled that the Department of Buildings revoke its permits and remove all floors that exceed the zoning limit, which according to published reports could be at least 20 floors.