Kingston votes again to keep rent control, declaring new housing emergency

The city's Common Council unanimously acted to preserve rent stabilization after a disputed vacancy study threatened tenant ...
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Kingston votes to keep rent rates frozen for over 1,200 households

The Kingston Rent Guidelines Board voted in favor of freezing rent rates. The board voted 5-3 to freeze rents for more than 1,200 rent-stabilized households for the coming year. This comes after the ...
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Appellate court upholds Kingston’s historic rent reduction

KINGSTON — A state appeals court said that Kingston’s historic 15 percent rent reduction in rent-stabilized buildings can proceed. Thursday’s ruling from the state Appellate Division’s Third ...

Kingston mayor vetoes resolution enabling rent control

Steve Noble says the resolution declaring a housing emergency misstates vacancy data and invites legal challenges. The Common Council hinted it would override.
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Kingston rent guidelines board votes for price cut

KINGSTON, N.Y. (NEWS10) — The Kingston Rent Guidelines Board voted by a 6-3 margin Wednesday night to enact a 15% rent reduction for tenants who start a one-or two-year lease between Aug. 1. 2022, and ...
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Kingston lawmakers eye override as officials, advocates slam mayor’s veto of resolution continuing rent control

Tenant advocates, Common Council members and state Assemblymember Sarahana Shrestha blasted Mayor Steve Noble’s Monday veto of the Council’s unanimous vote to continue ...

Kingston mayor breaks with council, vetoes rent-control resolution

Kingston was the first upstate municipality to adopt rent stabilization in New York, but it’s becoming a symbol of how ...