A 1981 law took away New York City's ability to regulate rents and gave the power to state government in Albany.

One is intended to regulate rents that hotel and motel owners charge for housing the county's growing homeless population.

Mr. Rose expressed reservations about regulating rents on private property.

Nearly three quarters of the apartments still have regulated rents at roughly half the market rate.

Outside Manhattan's core residential areas, regulated rents are close to market levels.

If you want to do something about housing benefit, regulate rents.

Most of the 11,200 apartments in the two complexes still have regulated rents, at one-third to one-half of market rate.

State laws regulating rents - and the raucous debates they spark - are usually identified with the five boroughs.

Nearly three-quarters of the apartments along First Avenue, between 14th and 23rd streets, have regulated rents at roughly half the market rate.

Earlier, on Thursday night, the city board that regulates rents passed a rent increase that was lower than expected.