Rent Guidelines Board increases for 2025-2026 lease renewals

LEASE RENEWALS 

FOR RENT-STABILIZED TENANTS

For a lease renewed any time from Oct. 1, 2025 through September 30, 2026: 

1-year lease renewal: 3% increase

2-year lease renewal: 4.5% increase

SCRIE and DRIE tenants get a higher “legal regulated rent” on their lease, but pay the same as they’ve been paying.

GOOD IDEA: If Zohran Mamdani wins the general election for mayor in November, take a 1-yearlease renewal. He’s promised to freeze the rent. 

Meet candidates for Manhattan Borough President at 7:30 on Thurs., May 29

Come to our Community Room at 7:30 PM on 

Thursday, May 29, 2025 to meet the candidates for 

Manhattan Borough President:

• State Senator Brad Hoylman-Sigal and
• City Council Member Keith Powers.

and for some delicious snacks, coffee, tea, and conversation.

Did you know that the Manhattan Borough Presidents appoint our community boards?  

Borough presidents influence the Uniform Land Use Review Procedure (ULURP) by appointing community boards and voting on the applications. The staff of boroughwide economic development corporations are often closely aligned with the borough president, and work closely with the New York City Economic Development Corporation, the primary coordinating agency of city-sponsored economic development.  [From Wikipedia.]

Since the "City of Yes" and "City for All" bills were passed, we'll be seeing more development - presumably with less space between buildings, taller buildings, and (with enough public pressure) more affordable housing for our friends, families, and others. 

The two main candidates for Manhattan Borough President are our own State Senator, Brad Hoylman-Sigal, and the City Council representative for midtown on the east side, Keith Powers.   They'll be in our building a week from Thursday at 7:30 PM so you can meet them.  (We'll have refreshments too!)

Tonight's Freeze the Rent Rally - NEW LOCATION: Riverside Church

TONIGHT - Thurs., May 14 - Tenant meeting - Meet the Council Candidates

Tenant Meeting WED., MAY 14 at 7:30 - Meet the 3 City Council candidates - and more events!

Our tenant association is involved in a lot of events this month!  Join in. 

WED., MAY 14 at 7:30 PM 

TENANT MEETING IN OUR COMMUNITY ROOM 

DISTRICT 7 COUNCIL CANDIDATES

Shaun Abreu, Tiffany Khan,  and  Edafe Okporo.

We'll talk about tenant issues too and of course have refreshments.

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THURSDAY, MAY 15 at 6 PM - RALLY AT ABYSSINIAN BAPTIST CHURCH

EMAIL SUE IF YOU'RE COMING!

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THURSDAY, MAY 29 at 7:30 PM - MEET THE CANDIDATES IN OUR COMMUNITY ROOM

MANHATTAN BOROUGH PRESIDENT 

CANDIDATES

Brad Hoylman-Sigal and Keith Powers

ALL NEIGHBORS ARE WELCOME.

Flea Market this Sunday, 12-6 in Community Room

Freeze the rents, save the date: May 15 rally at Abyssinian Baptist Church

Housing Justice for All is trying to get to 20,000 signatures to tell the Rent Guidelines Board to freeze the rents!

Why? The Rent Guidelines Board just reported that LANDLORD INCOME ROSE 12% - on top of the previous year's increase of 10%.  So our rent money is making landlords a lot richer. 

Meanwhile, TENANT income did not increase and lots of tenants are paying 50% (or more) of their income in rent.  Many of us are on fixed incomes. 

What can we do to influence the Rent Guidelines Board? We can get a LOT of people to demand a rent freeze.  Our elected officials - and those they appoint to the RGB - have been known to respond to public pressure. 

If you have not already signed the petition to freeze the rent, do it now. You can CLICK HERE or use the QR code: 

(You don't have to be rent stabilized to sign the petition.)

Support candidates for mayor who agree that a rent freeze is needed. At the mayoral panel on April 3rd, every candidate agreed that given the 12% increase in landlord income, a rent freeze is appropriate now.

Come to the rally at the Abyssinian Baptist Church

132 West 138th Street on Thursday, May 15th in the evening.

We can go up together!