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NYC Tenants Get a Rent-Law Blessing That Landlords See as Curse

  • N.Y. lawmakers agree on tenant protections, rental rules
  • Landlords say changes will plunge city into 1970s-era chaos

Millions of New Yorkers woke up on Wednesday to the prospect of a city where their rents will barely rise, they’re safe from eviction and they’ll never have to put down more than a month’s security deposit.

Their landlords had a different kind of morning.