Housing Notebook

Mon, Aug 18, 2025 20:00 PM

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Hosts: Scott Sommer and Vajra Kilgour

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Topics of general interest to tenants, especially the use of a "vacancy survey" of dubious accuracy to try to get rid of rent stabilization in Kingston -

Synopsis:

KINGSTON RENT STABILIZATION THREATENED

The Mayor of Kingston has released a study alleging that there is no longer a housing emergency in the City warranting the continuation of rent stabilization protections. Many have criticized the study for its flaws and biases. Scott Sommer talked with Brahvan Ranga and Jenna Goldstein from For the Many to find out what is going on and what's next. With listener call-ins.

Housing Notebook is a production of the Metropolitan Council on Housing, New York's oldest tenant union.

Guests:

Brahvan Ranga, Political Director, and Jenna Goldstein, Ulster County Community Organizer, For the Many -

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Met Council hotline: 212-979-0611, M & W 1:30-8 PM, F 1:30-5 PM; metcouncilonhousing.org, thetenant.org; info@metcouncilonhousing.org; Facebook & Instagram: search for Met Council on Housing; email: housingnotebook@wbai.org – no housing problems please! X: @met_council, @wbai.org, @scottmsommer (also on threads & bluesky); wbai.org – live stream, find archive, join radio station there or go to buddy.wbai.org to become a WBAI buddy – be sure to scroll down to choose Housing Notebook as the show you want to support! Or call 833-922-4692. Mail a check made out to WBAI-Pacifica to WBAI Radio, 388 Atlantic Ave, Brooklyn NY 11217.
No walk-in clinics during the summer. For Met Council events, including trainings for hotline volunteers and meetings about basic rights, check the calendar here. Save the date for Met Council on Housing general assembly: September 13 at 114 West 26th Street.
To contact For the Many: email info@forthemany.org or call 845-481-0703.
New rent guidelines - for leases starting 10/1/25 in New York City: for apartments and lofts, 3 percent for a 1-year lease, 4 1/2 percent for a 2-year lease; class A & B hotels, lodging houses, rooming houses, & SROs: 0 percent - for more detailed info, click here. Poughkeepsie still in litigation; Kingston: 0 and 0; Westchester 2% for 1 year, 3% for 2 years; Rockland County 5% for 1 year, 6% for 2 years; Nassau 2% for one year, 3% for 2 years.

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