Mayoral Candidate Bill de Blasio Supports Rent Freezes

Public Advocate Bill de Blasio has cleared up a recent report that he, as one of the most liberal candidates in the mayor's race, was opposed to freezing rents on rent-stabilized properties. The recnet news report quoted a de Blasio aide expressing the public advocate’s concern about the potential impact on small landlords, and reported that he had not called on the Rent Guidelines Board to keep rents from increasing. All of his Democratic rivals had made such a call.