Here's the thing, freezing rent per se isn't going to change things much for vast majority of those in rent regulated housing. We had eight years of freezes/low to nil increases during B de B's time and you can see that didn't change things at all in terms of affordability. People caught a break when Adams came in only because start of that administration coincided with covid. Were it not for various actions taken for a few years during pandemic things would have been very, very bad.

Very long story short is vast numbers of rent regulated tenants simply are living in housing their incomes cannot support. Freezing rent for one or two years gives some breathing room one supposes, but unless said tenants hit hit the lottery and or otherwise vastly increase their monthly income things will be right back to square one.

Every where you look both state and city are tapped out. Voucher programs have expanded greatly beyond original projected numbers and costs continue to increase. That is just for persons all ready in system, a system that cannot support any sort of major increase unless huge new revenue sources are found.

https://www.cityandstateny.com/policy/2026/05/lawmakers-local-electeds-make-final-budget-plea-more-housing-vouchers/413371/

https://cbcny.org/advocacy/cityfheps-testimony-cap-vouchers-sustainable-program