New York's new rental protections won't end the outside influence of big developers who pay the city's bills
- Written by Cem S. Kayatekin, Assistant Professor of Architecture / Urbanism, IE School of Architecture and Design, IE University
New York has become a 'city for the rich' in recent decades, a shift in its real estate market that impacts policy-making, too.Alessandro Colle / ShutterstockNew York has passed sweeping new laws that will close some legal loopholes that allowed the city’s 1 million rent-stabilized apartments to be deregulated and tenant protections bypassed....