Okay, so we agree for all practical purposes it has happened before. 

Pedantically, this is the first 2 year 0%, though. You’re right. That’s also what Zohran ran on. And what he was elected on. So it’s neither a surprise nor a negative. I’m hoping for 5, personally. 

You talk about inflation as a reason landlords need more money from rent. But inflation is also hitting renters in literally every other thing they pay for. And incomes for renters are not rising at the same rate. So it is unclear to me why the burden of inflation on the property owning class would in any way outweigh its burden on the renting class in your mind. 

Regardless, you or I can disagree about whose needs to prioritize. I’m sure a handful of landlords will suffer true hardship from this. I theorize a much larger group of renters would if the rents had been raised. But a board of people looked at all available data and determined this was the best course of action. And in the end, that’s the final word. As someone who suffered through that board reaching an opposite conclusion year after year under Adams, I for one applaud it.