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A mayor cannot generally impose rent control unilaterally; the power to create or freeze rents is constrained by a patchwork of that share or hold authority. The practical ability of a mayor to affect...
Available reporting shows a specific claim about New York City: 41% of rent-regulated renters are immigrants, while 43% were born in New York City — a figure cited by the Community Service Society’s t...
The New York City mayor wields substantial agenda-setting, budgetary and administrative power to shape housing and social programs, but cannot unilaterally legally freeze rents across regulated and ma...
An elected mayor cannot unilaterally set rental rates across a city; their power is by state law, independent boards, and the distinction between regulated and market-rate housing. In practice a mayor...