By DAVID GREENE

This week we asked readers their thoughts on the recent vote by the NYC Rent Guidelines Board to raise rents by 1 and 2.75 percent for 1- and 2-year leases respectively on rent-stabilized  apartments.

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I’m a landlord and I would have recommended from what I was looking at as far as my bills, real estate tax and water and landlords are now paying for protection for the water and sewer lines from the outside an extra $20 a month.  Of course it’s paid by the landlord, but it’s got to be passed on to some degree.–Louis A. Valentino 

 

 

 

I don’t like it. It feels like they raise it every month just because they are landlords. They don’t want to leave anything to spare for the tenants. It would be fairer if they left it the way it is.–Delphie Sanders

 

 

 

 

We already have higher prices on food and gas and the rent continues to go up every two years, but they don’t need another increase. The landlords have to leave the people with enough to survive.–Syed Mohammed Abbas

 

 

 

 

My rent just went up $200…hello? I only get $1,000 per month. My daughter and people I know have to help me. Otherwise I wouldn’t be able to make it.–Lisa Blair 

 

 

 

 

Our bills are going up and the rents are already too high. So when you get paid, the rent takes all your money, so you can’t even do something for your kids or yourself because you’re broke. You can’t only work for the landlord, it’s not fair.–Espinolas Ecienne