Those affected, people who live in condos and co-ops throughout the city, say it's adding up to millions of dollars citywide, and one thing is clear: they want their money back.
This year, the Rent Guidelines Board's first vote, called for a 0-2% rent hike for one-year leases, and a 0-4% for two-year leases.
There is some welcome relief for residents of an apartment building in the Bronx whose elevator had been out-of-service for months.
A 64-year-old tenant at 747 Concourse Village West says she prepares herself every night for the climb she must make the next day: nine flights of stairs without a working elevator.
More than 34,000 doormen and women, supers, porters and other workers with 32BJ were set to walk off the job as soon as next Tuesday.
The FDNY is investigating what appear to be unfounded reports of molotov cocktails in a Tribeca apartment.