It is through the power we have of the Rent Guidelines Board to tell the landlords of Those more than 2 million New Yorkers that they cannot raise Freezing the rent...provide[s] relief to those tenants to the tune of close to $7 billion. And also to still work with those landlords to reduce the cost burdens they're facing from insurance, from the water bill, from Con Edison. It's not a competition. (08:43–08:49)
CLAIM
Asserts that freezing rent provides $7 billion in relief to tenants.
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