De Blasio official thinks rent board will be kinder to landlords

A de Blasio administration housing official seemed to speculate Wednesday that the city will approve larger rent increases than in the past to compensate for rent-limiting changes to state law. Louise Carroll, commissioner of the city’s Department of Housing Preservation and Development, said small rent increases allowed by the city’s Rent Guidelines Board — which even froze regulated rents for two consecutive years — aren’t an indication of how it will act going forward. “It’s

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