But the Rent Guidelines Board has statutory criteria that they have to consider in whether or not to raise the rent, what are the expenses, et cetera. And The mayor doesn't appoint the Rent Guidelines Board. They have term appointments. So there are holdover appointments, which means he wouldn't even get control of the Rent Guidelines Board for a year or two, depending on how many people Eric Adams supports. (06:11–06:19)
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Asserts that the NYC mayor does not appoint the Rent Guidelines Board due to term appointments.
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