Housing & Real Estate

Housing & Real Estate in New York

The rent guidelines fights, the rezonings, the big deals, and the buildings going up or falling apart. The slow-moving stuff that quietly decides your lease, your block, and your neighborhood five years out.

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June 26, 2026 Mamdani Sweeps the Primaries and Reshapes the City's Power Map The mayor endorsed three congressional candidates. All three won. The organization is already looking at 2028. 2/10 desks
June 25, 2026 Mamdani's Congressional Sweep A year after taking City Hall, the mayor's machine ousted two sitting members of Congress and a borough president from his own party, and the general... 4/10 desks
June 25, 2026 DSA Reshuffles Albany's Assembly Down-Ballot A dozen state legislative seats flipped in Brooklyn and Queens, clearing the path for housing and transit bills that Albany has blocked for years. 3/10 desks
June 25, 2026 Rent Guidelines Board Votes Tonight One million leases. Six Mamdani appointees. A hearing in East Harlem. The mayor's most specific campaign promise gets a binding vote tonight. 1/10 desks
June 23, 2026 Mamdani turns his coalition on Congress The mayor bet his movement could move votes uptown and across the river. Tuesday night, most of the bet paid. 3/10 desks
June 23, 2026 A teenager dies in Central Park, and a banned bill comes back An 18-year-old came to see New York, the horse bolted, and a fight the Council buried in November is suddenly alive. 2/10 desks
June 23, 2026 The shelter next door, and the audit that never came Two Brooklyn neighborhoods are suing to stop a shelter, and the man who was supposed to watch the spending is now running for Congress. 2/10 desks
Saturday, June 20, 2026 Rent Guidelines Board freezes rent-stabilized leases at 0% The board that sets the rent for two million New Yorkers blinked, and a year of organizing ran into one vote. 2/10 desks

Housing & Real Estate, explained

The questions New Yorkers actually ask.

What is rent stabilization, and is my apartment covered?

Rent stabilization caps how much your rent can rise each year, a figure the city’s Rent Guidelines Board sets every June, and it gives you the right to renew. Roughly a million NYC apartments are covered, mostly in buildings of six or more units built before 1974. Your lease and the state’s rent registry can tell you if yours qualifies.

Why is it so hard to build housing in New York?

Because every project runs a gauntlet: zoning, the city’s ULURP land-use review, the local Council member’s effective veto, and usually a separate Albany fight over a tax break. Each step is a place a building can die, which is why "we need more housing" and "nothing ever gets built" are somehow both true.

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