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Mayor Mamdani appoints 6 new members to Rent Guidelines Board
Mayor Mamdani's appointments give his picks a majority on the Rent Guidelines Board, advancing his pledge to freeze rent increases for about 1 million rent-stabilized apartments.
- On Wednesday, Mayor Zohran Mamdani announced six appointments to the Rent Guidelines Board, replacing outgoing members and securing a majority on the nine-member city panel.
- As a candidate, Mamdani campaigned on a campaign pledge to freeze rents and faces fiscal pressure from an estimated $5.4 billion city budget gap.
- Mamdani named Chantella Mitchell as chair and appointed Lauren Melodia, Brandon Mancilla, Sina Sinai, Maksim Wynn, and reappointed tenant attorney Adán Soltren.
- The Rent Guidelines Board will collect data and hold hearings this spring before voting on final rent adjustments in June 2026 affecting roughly 1 million rent-stabilized apartments.
- With legal scrutiny looming, landlord groups and economists warned rising costs require rent increases and legal challenges, while tenant advocates plan to mobilize and the Legal Aid Society welcomed the appointments amid the mayor's 9.5% property-tax threat to state lawmakers.
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The Center SquareMamdani overhauls board in push for rent freeze
(The Center Square) – New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani appointed five new members to the city's Rent Guidelines Board on Wednesday in a move aimed at packing the panel with supporters of his push to freeze rents in taxpayer-subsidized…
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union-bulletin.comMayor Zohran Mamdani names 6 members to Rent Guidelines Board, calls for ‘a more affordable NY’
NEW YORK — Mayor Zohran Mamdani on Wednesday named six appointees to the city’s Rent Guidelines Board, in a move that brings him a step closer to fulfilling his campaign promise of freezing the rent for tenants in New York…
Mayor Mamdani appoints 6 new members to Rent Guidelines Board
NEW YORK CITY (PIX11) -- Mayor Zohran Mamdani has announced six new appointments to the Rent Guidelines Board, the body that could deliver his promised rent freeze. The board, composed of nine mayoral appointees, determines rent increases for New York City's rent-stabilized apartments each year. It's the only way the mayor can make good on [...]
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