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City’s Small Businesses Need Rent Stabilization to Survive COVID-19, Advocates Say (City Limits)
City Limits, April 6, 2020
City’s Small Businesses Need Rent Stabilization to Survive COVID-19, Advocates Say
Most recently, in 2018, Manhattan Councilmember Ydanis Rodriguez introduced the Small Business Jobs Survival Act bill, which would establish “an environment for fair negotiations in the commercial lease renewal process,” but the New York City Bar Association determined the City Council has no legal power to enact commercial rent control.
