Your Rent Freeze Just Kicked In. Are You Actually Covered?
On October 1st, rent went on pause for roughly one million apartments in New York City. If you live in one, your renewal offer should show the same rent you pay today. Not 3 percent more. Not 4.5. The same. Plenty of New Yorkers don't know whether they live in one of those apartments. Some people have been stabilized for years without realizing it, and some assume they are and aren't. Let's sort that out.