Recently proposed 9% hikes for rent stabilized apartments stoke panic as residents call on Eric Adams to roll it back
. Elected officials and tenants argue the added costs will displace a staggering number of residents.
“First, they were worrying about dying. Now they gotta worry about being homeless and dying on the street,” DeJesus said, adding that increased rent will exacerbate crime and mental health problems in the city. Chi Ossé, a city council member who spoke at the protest, said that constituents in his district, which includes the Bedford-Stuyvesant neighborhood and parts of Crown Heights, often report excessive rent increases that Ossé believes are unlawful.
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