It was an emotion-packed meeting Thursday as tenants shared their grievances over the Rent Guidelines Board's plans to increase rent for stabilized apartments. naveencbs2ny reports.
-- It was an emotion-packed meeting Thursday as tenants shared their grievances over the Rent Guidelines Board's plans to increase rent for stabilized apartments.Their emotional pleas resonated in the room.
"Our landlords are already rich. They get money from our paychecks every single month," one person said."I should not be paying $991 a month with three roommates in a rent-stabilized apartment," another person said.Next week, board members are voting for a 2-5% increase on one-year leases and a 4-7% increase on two-year leases that are starting this October.
But one tenant had this comeback:"If you can't turn enough surplus profit from your buildings to make it worth your while, then my advice to you is to do what so many of us here tonight have already done -- get a real job." Officials say their final vote on the rent guidelines is scheduled for next Wednesday at 7 p.m. at Hunter College on the Upper East Side.
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