The call for a rent freeze was made in several languages, but none that persuaded five members of the RGB.
There was high drama as the board voted narrowly for the lowest rent increase ever but defied Mayor de Blasio’s call for a freeze. Updated!
The RBG made history by approving unprecedentedly low increases in stabilized rents. But it rejected a call for rent freezes that the mayor supported during his campaign.
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