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De Blasio says if rent-regulated apartments law expires it would be 'end to New York City ...'
New York Daily News ^
| June 12, 2015
| Jennifer Fermino
Posted on 06/12/2015 7:28:04 PM PDT by EveningStar
Full title: De Blasio says if rent-regulated apartments law expires it would be 'end to New York City as we have known it'
The end to New York City as we have known it" could be upon us if Albany fails to act and renew rent laws governing 1 million rent-regulated units, Mayor de Blasio said on Friday. In an unusually apocalyptic conference call with 14,000 AARP members, de Blasio said the laws which expire Monday are the only things keeping landlords from jacking up rents to market rates, often double what tenants currently pay.
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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: New York
KEYWORDS: 2016election; akadeblasio; alsharpton; andrewcuomo; billdeblasio; blackkk; chirlanemccray; deblasio; election2016; newyork; newyorkcity; nyc; nypd; rentcontrol
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To: EveningStar
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posted on
06/12/2015 7:31:01 PM PDT
by
Beowulf9
To: EveningStar
Markets are bad.
Central planning is good.
mmmmkay?
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posted on
06/12/2015 7:32:09 PM PDT
by
ClearCase_guy
(Claire Wolfe should check her watch. It's time.)
To: EveningStar
...would be 'end to New York City ...'
You say that like it would be a bad thing.
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posted on
06/12/2015 7:32:15 PM PDT
by
Veggie Todd
(The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants. TJ)
To: EveningStar
Isn’t rent control just plain out Communism?
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posted on
06/12/2015 7:32:28 PM PDT
by
yarddog
(Romans 8:38-39, For I am persuaded.)
To: EveningStar
Rent control limits investment and new units coming on the market.
Lets have car price control. I'd like my new Maserati for $22,000.
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posted on
06/12/2015 7:35:55 PM PDT
by
FatherofFive
(Islam is evil and must be eradicated)
To: EveningStar
“next to bombing, rent control seems in many cases to be the most efficient technique so far known for destroying cities” -Assar Lindbeck
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posted on
06/12/2015 7:36:29 PM PDT
by
KarlInOhio
(The 1st amendment is the voice and the 2nd is the teeth of freedom. Obama wants to knock out both.)
To: yarddog
Isnt rent control just plain out Communism? No. You have government control over private ownership, which fits the definition of fascism.
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posted on
06/12/2015 7:37:37 PM PDT
by
KarlInOhio
(The 1st amendment is the voice and the 2nd is the teeth of freedom. Obama wants to knock out both.)
To: yarddog
DeBlasio is a communist and makes no bones about it.
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posted on
06/12/2015 7:38:34 PM PDT
by
ProtectOurFreedom
(For those who understand, no explanation is needed. For those who do not, no explanation is possible)
To: EveningStar
Rent control was instituted as a temporary measure during World War II.
This just in: The Japs Surrendered 75 years ago, August.
To: Lonesome in Massachussets
Rent control was instituted as a temporary measure during World War II.
This just in: The Japanese Surrendered 75 years ago, August. Exactly so.
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posted on
06/12/2015 7:47:50 PM PDT
by
onyx
(PLEASE SUPPORT FR. Donate Monthly or Join Club 300! God bless you all.)
To: Beowulf9
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posted on
06/12/2015 7:48:30 PM PDT
by
Gator113
(~~Cruz, OR LOSE~~ Ted Cruz is the only true Conservative in this race. ~~ just livin' life~~)
To: Veggie Todd
Bingo! I say let it expire, along with the Big Apple—but hopefully everyone will emigrate to Massachusetts or France.
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posted on
06/12/2015 7:49:07 PM PDT
by
Fungi
To: EveningStar
better than ending with an ISIS nuke blast which their politicians and president is not doing anything to quell.
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posted on
06/12/2015 7:49:14 PM PDT
by
fish hawk
(no tyrant can remain in power without the consent and cooperation of his victims.)
To: EveningStar
better than ending with an ISIS nuke blast which their politicians and president is not doing anything to quell.
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posted on
06/12/2015 7:49:36 PM PDT
by
fish hawk
(no tyrant can remain in power without the consent and cooperation of his victims.)
To: Fungi
...Massachusetts or France.There's a difference?
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posted on
06/12/2015 7:49:52 PM PDT
by
Publius
("Who is John Galt?" by Billthedrill and Publius now available at Amazon.)
To: EveningStar
Hey de Blasio ... your failure to plan should not be my emergency. Maybe you should Baltimore and see what they would do.
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posted on
06/12/2015 7:50:43 PM PDT
by
Gator113
(~~Cruz, OR LOSE~~ Ted Cruz is the only true Conservative in this race. ~~ just livin' life~~)
To: Veggie Todd
Yeah, I was thinking “ so what’s the down side?”
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posted on
06/12/2015 7:51:52 PM PDT
by
JaguarXKE
(1973: Reporters investigate All the President's Men. 2013: Reporters ARE all the President's men d)
To: FatherofFive
Thomas Sowell on rent controls:
"Some people who would normally not be renting their own apartments, such as young adults still living with their parents or some single or widowed elderly people living with relatives, are enabled by the artificially low prices created by rent control to move out and into their own apartments. These artificially low prices also cause others to seek larger apartments than they would ordinarily be living in or to live alone when they would otherwise have to share an apartment with a roommate, in order to be able to afford the rent. More tenants seeking both more apartments and larger apartments creates a shortage, even [if there is not] any greater physical scarcity of housing relative to the total population."
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posted on
06/12/2015 7:52:10 PM PDT
by
randita
(...Our First Lady is a congenital liar - William Safire, 1996)
To: Publius
Probably not, but always be gracious to commies in giving them a choice, hopefully they’ll take one.
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posted on
06/12/2015 7:54:47 PM PDT
by
Fungi
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