NYC Sentinel

City office-hopefuls support rent hike protest at City Hall

By Michael Martin Democratic mayoral candidate Bill Thompson and a pantheon of city office-hopefuls descended on the steps of City Hall to join New York City tenant advocacy groups to protest rent hikes on rent-stabilized apartments last Thursday. The Real Rent Reform Campaign organized the demonstration in response to the NYC Rent Guidelines Board’s decision to increase rents by 3 and 6 percent for one and two-year lease renewals respectively.

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Police out in force for Obama visit

The lunch hour on Wall Street was a little more crowded than usual Monday. Thousands thronged to the financial district to hear President Barack Obama give a noontime address on the financial crisis. The timing was deliberate: The one-year anniversary of the fall of global financial services firm Lehman Brothers. The crowds that came to see the [...]

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