City Democrats Batter Cuomo, Senate Republicans at Rent Rally
Will Bredderman
Public Advocate Letitia James, Assemblyman Keith Wright and Councilman Jumaane Williams blasted State Senate Republicans and Gov. Andrew Cuomo at a large pro-tenant rally in Manhattan’s Foley Square this evening.
The trio were among a number of elected officials to address the thousand-strong crowd consisting of members of several influential unions and of advocacy groups like the Met Council on Housing, New York Communities for Change, the Crown Heights Tenant Union and the Flatbush Tenant Coalition.
Ms. James, a Brooklyn Democrat, laid out an aggressive agenda to curtail the powers of landlords, including an end to vacancy decontrol for units in the rent control system, a ban on property owners from increasing rents on vacant units, and a repeal of the Urstadt Law that puts the city’s rent laws in the hands of the State Legislature.
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