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Tenant advocacy groups filed to intervene in a landlord lawsuit seeking to overturn NYC's two-year rent freeze for stabilized apartments, arguing the Rent Guidelines Board followed its usual process and that data showed hardships; the court decision could determine October lease rents and the policy’s fate amid a broader political fight.
A group of NYC landlords filed a Staten Island lawsuit against the Rent Guidelines Board, alleging its June decision to freeze rents for two years on about 1 million regulated units was a sham meant to fulfill Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s pledge, with claims the board manipulated data and stacked the deck. The suit seeks to halt the freeze and push for a rent increase, and demands access to communications between RGB and City Hall. Mamdani had campaigned on a rent freeze but said he would defer to the independent board after taking office; a landlord representative resigned amid the controversy. City Hall defends the decision as independent and data-driven, while landlords argue rising ownership costs justify higher rents. Rent stabilization covers roughly 1 million NYC apartments.
New York City landlords filed a Staten Island lawsuit to block the Rent Guidelines Board’s approval of a rent freeze on roughly 1 million rent-stabilized apartments. They allege Mayor Zohran Mamdani influenced the board and that data was manipulated to justify the policy, which the board voted 7-1 to implement for leases signed after Oct. 1. The suit cites a City Hall briefing and the resignation of a landlord representative as evidence of compromised independence, a tactic landlords have unsuccessfully pursued in past challenges to rent control.