Well, first off, Zor Ahmadnami can freeze the rent because he could appoint all nine directors, which is what de Blasio did two years, he froze it and Governor Cuomo did one year as governor. So all this, you can't. You can. The landlords aren't telling the truth. The reason they are not putting those apartments in the marketplace is because the squatters and deadbeats who won't pay the rent. During the lockdown and pandemic, Governor Cuomo said, you don't have to pay rent. You know how many people have not paid rent since five years later and they still haven't been able to get them out of those apartments? (06:50–06:59)
CLAIM
Asserts that landlords are not renting out apartments due to non-paying tenants.
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