With revised bill, Council will revisit commercial rent control

In response to what some are calling a retail vacancy crisis, the City Council is attempting to tackle the issue with a bill that effectively establishes . This legislation does not solve the real... To view the full story, click the title link......»»

The City Council is considering a bill, innocuously titled the Small Business Jobs Survival Act, that would effectively prevent co-operative apartment buildings from managing the commercial spaces... To view the full story, click the title link......»»

A hearing on a hotly-debated piece of legislation could determine who is really in control of city policy—Mayor Bill de Blasio or Council Speaker Corey Johnson. The City Council confirmed to Crain's... To view the full story, click the title link......»»

On Monday the City Council will hold a hearing on a bill to impose commercial rent control in the city by requiring binding arbitration in rent disputes in an effort to help small retailers. Before... To view the full story, click the title link......»»

A large service workers union plans to testify against the City Council's commercial-rent-control bill next week. The legislation would give commercial tenants the right to a lease renewal, and, if a... To view the full story, click the title link......»»

The New York Building Congress has entered the scrum over a City Council.....»»

At a five-hour hearing Monday, City Council Speaker Corey Johnson struggled with a controversial bill that would protect retail and office tenants from rent increases.Johnson described the... To view the full story, click the title link......»»

Mayor Bill de Blasio says the city's giving small businesses a break—in Upper Manhattan at least. The mayor extolled the benefits of an overlooked aspect of the controversial rezoning of... To view the full story, click the title link......»»

Mayor Bill de Blasio says the city's giving small businesses a break—in Upper Manhattan at least. The mayor extolled the benefits of an overlooked aspect of the controversial rezoning of... To view the full story, click the title link......»»

The city lacks the legal authority to establish commercial rent control, according to a report released Tuesday by the New York City Bar Association, so a pending bill to give retail tenants power... To view the full story, click the title link......»»

In the late 1980s Ruth Messinger, who was then on the New York City Council, was pushing a proposal to impose rent controls on commercial space to save small businesses from being pushed out by... To view the full story, click the title link......»»

Debated for decades, commercial rent control is all the rage these days as a potential policy response to the proliferation of retail vacancies and chain stores. The City Council is set to convene a... To view the full story, click the title link......»»

Ahead of today's City Council hearing on the Small Business Jobs Survival Act—better known as commercial rent control—the New York Building Congress has asked Speaker Corey Johnson to examine the... To view the full story, click the title link......»»

Ahead of today's City Council hearing on the Small Business Jobs Survival Act—better known as commercial rent control—the New York Building Congress has asked Speaker Corey Johnson to examine the... To view the full story, click the title link......»»

The Real Estate Board of New York continued to attack a potential proposal in the City Council to institute protections for retail stores that critics say would create a form of commercial rent... To view the full story, click the title link......»»

More Manhattan businesses would be exempt from the commercial rent tax under a new City Council bill that aims to ease the financial burden on mom-and-pop shops. The commercial rent tax is a roughly... To view the full story, click the title link......»»

Mayor Bill de Blasio promised policies that would "save our small businesses" in his State of the City last week. The city's restaurant and nightlife lobbying group has 20 ideas they say will... To view the full story, click the title link......»»

Buoyed by her come-from-behind November election victory, the socialist council member is planning her 2020 priorities, which include rent control......»»

New York officials plan to spend up to $60 million to make sure state residents are fully counted in the 2020 Andrew M. Cuomo on Tuesday said up to $40 million from existing resources will be used to... To view the full story, click the title link......»»

Having failed last year to help (supposedly) struggling small businesses in the city with a law requiring landlords to renew leases and imposing arbitration in rent disputes, some progressive City... To view the full story, click the title link......»»