NYC Rent Guidelines Board keeps rent freeze on table but doesn't rule out hikes 70.5%
New York Daily News - By Josephine Stratman - 5/8/2026, 1:12 AM
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The city's Rent Guidelines Board kept alive Mayor Mamdani's hopes of a rent freeze for the roughly 2 million rent-stabilized tenants in New York City on Thursday night as they approved a range for rent hikes that included zero. The board decided to approve a range of 0% to 2% increases for one-year leases and 0% to 4% for two-year leases... more