The board could approve a more than 8% increase on one-year leases and a 15.75% raise on two-year leases for rent-stabilized apartments.
Landlords say they need the money to deal with the rising cost of building repairs, property taxes, and energy bills."The owners of stabilized buildings are private owners providing a public benefit and the numbers have just stopped making sense," Michael Tobman of the Rent Stabilization Association said at a public hearing last week.
But Leah Goodridge, a former member of the Rent Guidelines Board who testified, said an increase of this magnitude makes even less sense to struggling tenants already in the middle of a housing crisis. The average rent for a New York City studio Apartment is $3,400 dollars. "It's really striking to hear because it's sort of going backward and we're trying to move forward," Goodridge said.
Next Tuesday the board will vote on a rent increase range they will consider for rent-stabilized apartments. The final vote will not be held until June, meanwhile, the mayor's office insists the final numbers will be nowhere near what's been floated so far.
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