The suit charges the administration with unfairly promoting the rent freeze and accuses the city's Rent Guidelines Board of yielding to pressure from the mayor.
A group of New York City landlords is suing the city, claiming that Mayor Zohran Mamdani stacked the Rent Guidelines Board with supporters to forcefully push through his campaign promise of freezing rent.
According to an article by Patrick Spauster and Jeanmarie Evelly in City Limits, "The board voted for 0 percent increases on both one- and two-year lease renewals for the year starting Oct. 1."
The lawsuit claims the board did not act independently and did not consider the cost to landlords of maintaining rent stabilized buildings. "Tenant advocates have maintained that the data does indeed support a rent freeze. Net operating income, or landlords revenue left over after covering their operating costs, rose 6 percent last year, according to the board."
The parties in the suit are due back in court on September 2. The rent freeze, if upheld, would take effect on October 1.
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