As rental prices in New York City soar, tenant activists are demanding that the government stop landlords from increasing the rent on regulated apartments. In the end, these lucky tenants would get relatively cheap apartments while everyone else ends up worse off. Reason speaks with housing advocates, landlords, experts, and working-class New Yorkers struggling to find a place to call home, and gets a first-hand look at the city’s housing crisis. As mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani gets closer to winning hi