Overview
- The Mamdani administration publicly released the 23‑point Rental Ripoff Report on Thursday, July 16, 2026, formalizing recommendations shaped by roughly 2,400 tenant testimonies from five borough hearings.
- The plan would for the first time give formal city recognition to tenant unions to protect organizers from landlord harassment and eviction and to create a clearer negotiation channel with owners.
- Near‑term agency changes will start this fall: HPD will treat each non‑anonymous heat complaint as a separate investigation, allow tenants to reschedule inspections, and pilot Enforcement Days in the Bronx to target repeat offenders.
- Consumer protections include requiring landlords to disclose AI‑generated or altered listing images and directing the Department of Consumer and Worker Protection to treat unlawful renter fees as illegal debt for enforcement purposes.
- Landlord groups criticized the report for emphasizing enforcement over building finances while the administration pairs enforcement with preservation tools, a planned insurance fund and a Legislative Task Force to craft city and Council reforms over the coming years.