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Wednesday, June 28, 2006

New York City Displeases Tenants by Raising Rents


Rents for New York City's one million rent-stabilized apartments can increase by as much as 7.25 percent over the next two years, the city's Rent Guidelines Board voted last night in a raucous meeting that was disrupted for hours by jeering tenants protesting the state's control of the city's rent laws. (New York Times, Wednesday)

When does the Shoe-Price Guidelines Board meet?

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