Lawmakers Aim to Stop COVID-19 Apartment Vacancies From Upending Rent Regulation

BY RACHEL HOLLIDAY SMITH

Lawmakers Aim to Stop COVID-19 Apartment Vacancies From Upending Rent Regulation

There’s an outside chance rising apartment vacancies due to COVID-19 could trigger an end to rent regulation in New York City — but two local lawmakers are looking to pandemic-proof tenant rights. Twin bills were introduced in the State Senate and Assembly on Tuesday that would seek to protect regulated apartments by taking the vacancy rate out of the […]