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On March 27, Mayor de Blasio appointed four new members to the Rent Guidelines Board. During his campaign against Republican Joe Lhota in October, de Blasio said that he would push the Rent Guidelines Board to freeze rents when it votes in June. The mayor doesn’t have direct authority over the board, so his primary influence is through his appointments.
