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First city-wide rent reduction in the history of New York State, ordered by the Rent Guidelines Board of Kingston, New York, is upheld by Appellate Court
New York State’s Emergency Tenant Protection Act of 1974 permits the regulation of residential rents (“rent stabilization”) on the declaration of a housing emergency in New York City when the vacancy rate falls below 5%, or by similar declarations in municipalities in the suburban New York City counties of Nassau, Westchester and Rockland.
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Nursing home CEO’s don’t want to follow the law; seek Judge’s help in ducking minimum staffing requirements
Less than two months after New York’s minimum-staffing requirements for nursing homes went into effect, a trade group has demanded that state courts block them.
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The new White supremacist consensus, Part 2: shootings in Buffalo solidify the consensus
The latest mass shooter in Buffalo, New York was clearly a racist, and identified with Ukrainian and other neo-Nazis. But white supremacy has a stronger hold on European and U.S. society than is commonly acknowledged. The avowed racist is not the only problem.
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Buffalo’s developer class backing last-ditch attempt against socialist India Walton
A federal judge who wants Buffalo’s incumbent mayor back on the ballot is being scrutinized for his real estate ties.
