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Fed-Up Tenants Demand Significant Rent Reforms From Albany


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Emma Whitford

Published May 3, 2019

Modified May 3, 2019


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Tenants and state representatives gather outside City Hall before they testified at a state hearing on rent reform laws in Lower Manhattan on Thursday.
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Published May 3, 2019

Modified May 3, 2019


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