A retroactive 15% reduction of apartment rents in Kingston, NY—perhaps the first such effort by any city to grandfather in rent control—has been voided in a ruling handed down by a New York State Supreme Court judge.
In the same decision, the judge upheld the city's approval of a new rent control measure in the Hudson Valley community, which is halfway between New York City and Albany.
State Supreme Court Judge David Gandin ruled this week that Kingston's rent guidelines board (RGB) does not have the authority to unilaterally reduce rents, throwing out the 15% rent reduction before it could go into effect.
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