Brooklyn tenants are trying to dismantle barriers around a seldom-used 1960s-era law that can prohibit landlords from collecting rent when they fail to fix dangerous building conditions for months on end. The campaign just had its first breakthrough.
Small businesses outside Manhattan helped fuel the city’s recovery from the pandemic. Their rents have soared, and people of color are bearing the brunt of the increases.
From 2019 to 2021, the latest year for which data was available, the median storefront rent per square foot jumped 23% in Brooklyn, 14% in the Bronx and 9% in Queens
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