[Cincinna]

Rent control is a terrible leftover from WW II housing shortage days. It affects under 10% of all renatals. What you might not realize is that there are hardly ANY rentals at all in NY. Everything is Co-op or less common Condo.

Finding a rental in NY is almost impossible.Rent control ends when the person living there moves out or dies. It cannot be passed on.

Get over your hate for NY. It is the city that took the hit for America on 9-11 and stood up beautifully.It is the economic engine that keeps the country running.

[ladyjane]

What makes you think I hate NYC? I love it. No place like it in the world. I'm there a lot. And I do have lots of friends who live in rent controlled apartments. It's a great deal for them but certainly not for the landlords. They get to live in what would be million dollar coops for a few hundred dollars a month. Then on weekends they go to their country homes in Litchfield and Rhinebeck.

BTW finding a rental in NY is no problem at all. Finding a 3 bedroom apartment in a pre-war building for $350 a month is 'almost' impossible unless you're connected and you convince the inhabitant to either die or move out. And speaking of dying or moving out - are you trying to argue that 10% of apartment dwellers have lived there continuously for over 60 years? The 'same' apartment renter who was 35 in 1942 is still alive and living in the same apartment? hahahaha

You're a Freeper and you support rent control?????? I thought only communists supported rent control.