Adams Stacks NYC Rent Board Blocking Freeze

Mayor Adams’ Late Appointments Spark Concerns He's Sabotaging Mamdani in NY City Rent Freeze Agenda

A last-minute decision by former New York City Mayor Eric Adams to appoint new members to the Rent Guidelines Board (RGB) has triggered concern among tenant advocates, who warn the move could undermine a proposed rent freeze promised by new Mayor Zohran Mamdani. The controversy was highlighted in a widely shared Instagram post by New York attorney and housing advocate Leah Goodridge, Esq. (@leahfrombklyn), who accused Mayor Adams of using his re…

Adams stacks NYC rent board blocking freeze

With less than two weeks remaining in office, NYC Mayor Eric Adams has appointed four members to the city's Rent Guidelines Board in a move that could derail mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani's pledge to freeze rents for over one million rent-stabilised tenants. According to NY1, Adams announced the appointments and re-appointments on Thursday, effective this week. The new appointees include Lliam Finn, a senior financial advisor with Merrill Lynch, an…

Adams stacks Rent Guidelines Board, jeopardizing Mamdani's rent freeze pledge

With just two weeks left in office, Mayor Eric Adams has appointed four new members to the city’s Rent Guidelines Board, in an effort to block Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani’s push for a rent freeze. With these appointments and reappointments, Adams’ allies now hold a majority on the nine-member board, which sets rent increases for the city’s one million rent-stabilized apartments. Credit: NYS Tenant Bloc The first new appointee, Arpit Gupta, is an …