This edition: Who Gets to Stay in New York?
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Episode Details
Original tape date: February 5, 2026. First aired: February 24, 2026.Sheryl McCarthy interviews Sumathy Kumar, executive director of Housing Justice for All about New York City’s housing crisis. Kumar describes it as driven by soaring rents, shrinking rent-stabilized housing, and rising homelessness and housing insecurity. Kumar explains how loopholes in past rent laws let landlords push apartments into market-rate status, but says the 2019 Housing Stability and Tenant Protection Act helped restore protections, and she now supports policies like a rent freeze for rent-stabilized tenants, expanded rent stabilization statewide, and stronger rental assistance.
Guest List
Sumathy Kumar Executive Director, Housing Justice for All
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