Per DHCR, the vacancy allowance can only be used once per year. And since vacancy decontrol—a mechanism that removed vacant apartments from the stabilization system once their rent crossed a threshold ...

However, the practice shows that the recruitment allowance achieves its effect only if the employer pays it to the employee at the commencement of the employment relationship. The question arises as ...

Under state law, landlords can increase rent by up to 20 percent upon vacancy, though the city’s Rent Guidelines Board has recently kept these spikes down to record lows and down to zero for one ...