Grimm 
Not a real estate guy but, as I understand rudimentary market economics, if the number of racist xenophobe cunts who vowed to leave New York if #Zohran won, in fact, leave New York, the drop in demand will see rates going down even before the rent freeze. So win-win, right, capitalism fetish goons?
Azuaron@GrimmReality This WOULD be true... if NYC didn't already have an "empty units" problem whereby landlords keep units empty to keep property values up.
Something we need absolutely everywhere is to tax residential units that are not someone's primary residence, and that tax should be HIGH. Many places probably need a similar commercial unit tax.