RPA
An illustration from the RPA report sizes up the impact of a normal landlord versus one of the bad ones.
According to research out today from the Regional Plan Association, what amounts to a handful of bad landlords is responsible for a vast amount of the city’s poor housing and eviction cases.
Speaker Corey Johnson took issue with the de Blasio administration’s lack of action to address the problem of commercial vacancies. But he also faulted Small Business Jobs Survival Act supporters for resisting changes to the bill.
‘Make no mistake about it: If this proposal is implemented as proposed, it will increase poverty – and the worst symptoms of poverty such as hunger, homelessness, and early deaths – in New York City and nationwide.’
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