Proposed Rent Guidelines for October 1, 2023 through September 30, 2024
Rule status: Proposed
Agency: RGB
Comment by date: June 15, 2023
Rule Full Text
Rent-Guidelines-Board-Proposed-2023-Rent-Guidelines-3.pdf
Pursuant to its statutory mandate, the New York City Rent Guidelines Board is proposing rent guidelines for October 1, 2023 through September 30, 2024. Please view the attached PDF document for details on how to attend, view or participate in the scheduled public meetings or public hearings.
Attendees who need reasonable accommodation for a disablity such as a sign language translation should contact the agency by calling 1 (212) 669-7480 or emailing csuperville@rgb.nyc.gov by May 30, 2023
Send comments by
- Email: ask@rgb.nyc.gov
- Mail: Rent Guidelines Board, 1 Centre Street, Suite 2210 ; New York, New York 10007
Public Hearings
Date
June 5, 2023
5:00pm - 8:00pm EDT
Location
Main Theatre of Hostos Community College/CUNY
450 Grand Concourse
Bronx New York 10451
Connect Virtually
The public can view the hearing via YouTube feed but must participate in-person to testify (see the PDF document for instructions).
Disability Accommodation
Date
June 8, 2023
5:00pm - 8:00pm EDT
Location
Jamaica Performing Arts Center Auditorium
153-10 Jamaica Avenue
Jamaica New York 11432
Connect Virtually
The public can view the hearing via YouTube feed but must participate in-person to testify (see the PDF document for instructions).
Disability Accommodation
Date
June 13, 2023
5:00pm - 8:00pm EDT
Location
Virtual Zoom
Connect Virtually
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87645954472Zoom Passcode: 629520 (video) or telephone by dialing 646-558-8656, then when prompted, entering Meeting ID: 876 4595 4472.
The public may also view, but not participate in, the hearing via livestream from YouTube at: https://youtube.com/RentGuidelinesBoard and by listening on the phone by dialing the number above and when prompted, entering the above Meeting ID.
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Online comments: 3
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Valeria Milesi
Comment added May 9, 2023 11:17pmDear NYC Rent Guidelines Board,
Please consider lowering the percent increase for both one year leases and two year leases for the period on or after October 1, 2023 and on or before September 30, 2024. Rent is already so overinflated in our city, and wages have not kept up- my friends and I are struggling to pay. It is scary to see so many homeless people in our city and worry that most of us are one emergency away from losing our homes as well. Please, consider capping rent increases at 2%. The current guidelines will certainly worsen the housing affordability crisis and cause increasing civil instability and unrest.
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Karen Lamberti
Comment added May 13, 2023 5:39amHello….even though I think 4-7% is better than 15%, people who are retired like myself and my husband (71 & 76) and we get COLA, we don’t want that money to go towards our rent!! We need it for food and bills. Us seniors are on a fixed income, and sometimes forced to find a part time job just to make ends meet. I also think depending on our income, there should be a rent freeze at a certain age. Please consider us seniors when making your decision. Thank you
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Mike Horenstein
Comment added May 15, 2023 3:38pmDear Sir or Madam:
I urge the board NOT to increase the rent by a large percentage, so much at variance with inflation and commercial interest rates. It may mean an increase that would precipitate a move and that I cannot live in Manhattan, with my 5-year old.
Please know that I have lived in Manhattan for thirty (30) years. I’ve never heard of proposed increases as I high as the Board is presently considering. My fifth-floor walk-up apartment has seen significant increases over the years, from less than $1K to over $2K. Maintenance in the apartment never changes, whether the increase is minimal or large. There are stains on the walls (incuding a chcocalte ice cream stain!) and cracks in paint that go back more than 10 years.
Now I understand that the Board is considering increasing the rent by double-digit increases. At least for my building, that is unwarranted. I am happy to agree to walk a board member through my building to show how tremendous MCI were granted increasing our costs, simply because the building had been out of compliance with city law concerning gas lines for 50 years or more. Yet no regular maintenance is done, despite the fact a super lives on the premises. Only recently, after 10 years, was the common area of the building repainted with touch-up paint, and cracks of old paint (leaded?) and rust cleaned up. Yet this is not because of a lack of income -again, the super lives on site. Rather, it is an indication that large increases will only go to owner pockets.
Sincerely,
Mike Horenstein
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