Heading into this year's legislative session, Lower East Side tenant activists expressed high hopes for a stronger rent law. When the outlines were announced by Governor Cuomo yesterday, there was widespread disappointment.
There's a deal with the Democrat-controlled Assembly and...
Tenant-landlord battles often play out on the streets of the Lower East Side. But today all eyes are on Albany, where the State Legislature is showing no signs of breaking an impasse over the renewal of New York City's...
The following opinion piece was submitted by Robert Pinter, a longtime Lower East Side resident. During a lengthy battle with property owner Croman Real Estate, Pinter has been aided by the Cooper Square Committee and the Urban Justice Center....
