Bedford+Bowery has an in-depth look at how a March 11 deadline to apply for rent regulation under the Loft Law has left tenants struggling to figure out what to do about their affordable apartments (of varying legality). That is, if they know about the option at all. "Tenants of illegally converted commercial buildings have less than a month left of the original six-month window to get protected by the lawand many of them don't even realize it." Some advocates are trying to educate others about their rights and the complicated details of the legislation, while other poor sods are duking it out with disagreeable landlords. Stories from the front lines, right this way. [B+B; photo via Flickr/Bonnie Natko; previously]
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