Rent Control Reform Is Past Due At a time when rent-stabilized tenants in New York City are enjoying a freeze in their rents, another group of regulated tenants — the dwindling minority in rent-controlled apartments — is facing an increase of up to 9.6 percent over the next two years. New York Times, By MIREYA NAVARRO DEC. 31, 2015 Since December 2015 there has been a concerted effort for rent control reform to correct this inequity, which by the very nature of […]
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Anti-Fracking and Anti-Spectra Pipeline Events
The Anti-Fracking Crusade VID members and hundreds of New Yorkers have been involved in a number of different Anti-Fracking and Anti-Spectra pipeline events over the last four weeks. You can see a slide show here. Protests against Fracking outside Chelsea Piers, October 19 Hundreds of demonstrators,including members of the Village Independent Democrats, participated in a rally against hydraulic fracking outside of Chelsea Piers. Governor Cuomo was scheduled to host a luncheon at a restaurant inside the facility but was unable […]