NY Dirt: Mamdani begins Rental Ripoff rollout, starting small

Mayor Zohran Mamdani promised to heed tenants’ calls for reform at Rental Ripoff Hearings, but upping enforcement on landlords to “fix the city” is easier said than done. The Mamdani administration debuted his Rental Ripoff Report Thursday, compiling tenants’ most frequent complaints about their living conditions and landlord dynamics, while promising major changes planned to address common concerns among renters. For some of the measures laid out in the 67-page report, implementation will be straightforward, like the mayor directing his Department of Housing Preservation & Development to issue tenants a 311 text blast for scheduling inspections or to send inspectors […]

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