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Tenants In Bushwick Are Fighting ‘Free Month’ Rent Concessions

A new ruling in the case could be a 'colossal setback' for landlords

Tenants In Bushwick Are Fighting ‘Free Month’ Rent Concessions

Tenants In Bushwick Are Fighting ‘Free Month’ Rent Concessions

A new ruling in the case could be a 'colossal setback' for landlords

Tenants In Bushwick Are Fighting ‘Free Month’ Rent Concessions

Rent—and how to keep it in check—is one of the central, if often unacknowledged, issue in the ongoing mayoral race and a source of worry for many New Yorkers. As Bushwick Daily recently reported, local residents have long suffered at the hands of predatory landlords.

The COVID-19 pandemic threw the city’s rental market into disarray and it had forced landlords to get creative to maximize profits. A quick survey of listings on StreetEasy confirms the…

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