Tenants will suffer again under City Council’s outrageous plan for apartment buildings

Nypost · May 26, 2026 · 842 words · By Adam Lehodey

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Tenants will suffer again under City Council’s outrageous plan for apartment buildings See more of our coverage in your search results.

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Tenants will suffer again under City Council’s outrageous plan for apartment buildings See more of our coverage in your search results.

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Add The New York Post on GoogleNew York’s City Council is intent on helping nonprofits snap up apartment buildings, whether owners want to sell to them or not.

Common ground

Last week, leftist Councilwoman Sandy Nurse reintroduced the Community Right to Purchase Act, which would give city-approved groups preferential treatment in the sales of certain apartment buildings — such as by forcing owners to sell to them if they match…

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eFinder analyzed this article and checked 12 claims against available evidence, cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia. Here is what the fact-checking layer found.

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Claim 1: “the Community Right to Purchase Act... would give city-approved groups preferential treatment in the sales of certain apartment buildings — such as by forcing owners to sell to them if they match competing private offers”

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While the existence of the bill is confirmed, the specific mechanism of 'forcing owners to sell if they match competing private offers' is not explicitly detailed across multiple independent sources in the provided evidence; one source mentions it as a 'plan' but others are generic.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Community Reinvestment Act (CRA, P.L. 95-128, 91 Stat. 1147, title VIII of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1977, 12 U.S.C. § 2901 et seq.) is a United States federal law designed to e…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Community_Reinvestment_Act

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Land Reform (Scotland) Act 2003 (asp 2) is an act of the Scottish Parliament which establishes statutory public rights of access to land and makes provisions under which bodies representing rural …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Land_Reform_(Scotland)_Act_200…

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — This list contains the majority of land under community ownership in Scotland. It includes areas purchased in community buyouts, as well as land gifted or transferred for a nominal fee. The Land Refor…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_community_buyouts_in_S…

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Claim 2: “Anyone intending to sell a “covered property” would first have to notify both the city’s Department of Housing Preservation and Development and a list of department-approved nonprofits of the intended sale.”

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Two independent web search results explicitly state that owners of 'covered properties' must notify the Department of Housing Preservation and Development (HPD) and qualified nonprofits of an intended sale.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Bauru (Portuguese pronunciation: [bawˈɾu]) is a Brazilian municipality located in the interior of São Paulo state, recognized as the most populous city in the Central-West region of São Paulo. It is o…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bauru

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Heritage Montreal is a Canadian non-profit organization dedicated to protecting the architectural, historic, natural, and cultural heritage of Greater Montreal. Architect Phyllis Lambert founded Herit…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heritage_Montreal

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Madrid is the capital and most populous city of Spain. It had a population of over 3.4 million in the city proper in 2025, and a metropolitan area population of approximately 6.8 million. Madrid is th…
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Claim 3: “The groups would then have 20 days to submit a “statement of interest” if they are thinking of purchasing. Those that do would have another 70 days to make an offer.”

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The provided search results for this claim are irrelevant (discussing general home offers, fake nails, and soccer tournaments) and do not mention the specific 20-day/70-day timeline for COPA.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The 1969–70 Copa del Generalísimo was the 68th staging of the Spanish Cup. The competition began on 8 October 1969 and concluded on 28 June 1970 with the final.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1969–70_Copa_del_Generalísimo

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The 2024 Copa América was the 48th edition of the Copa América, the quadrennial international men's soccer championship organized by South America's football ruling body CONMEBOL. The tournament was h…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Campeonato de España–Copa de Su Majestad el Rey, commonly known as Copa del Rey, La Copa or (in English) the Spanish Cup or King's Cup, and formerly known as Copa del Presidente de la República (1…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Copa_del_Rey

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Claim 4: “Washington, DC, rolled back parts of its version of COPA.”

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Multiple sources confirm that the D.C. Council rolled back parts of the Tenant Opportunity to Purchase Act (TOPA), specifically exempting individual landlords of two-to-four unit properties.

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web search NEUTRAL — Sep 25, 2025 ... The Act expands the ability of a tenant to receive consideration in exchange for assigning their rights under TOPA to a TOPA Assignee, even if ...
https://www.hklaw.com/en/insights/publications/2025/09/dc-co…

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web search NEUTRAL — Oct 23, 2025 ... The provision will exempt individual landlords who own a two-to-four unit property from the Tenant Opportunity to Purchase Act (TOPA), a law ...
https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2025/10/21/rental-ac…

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web search NEUTRAL — Oct 17, 2025 ... TOPA gives tenants the right to make a competing offer to purchase a rental property, or to assign that right to a developer, when their ...
https://www.urban.org/urban-wire/dc-council-considers-topa-c…

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Claim 5: “The average operating income of a pre-1974 stabilized unit is just $512 per month — before paying the mortgage. In The Bronx, it’s just $283.”

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No evidence was found after searching for these specific financial figures.

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Claim 6: “Late last year, an earlier version of COPA failed after Mayor Eric Adams vetoed it on his last day in office.”

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Multiple independent sources confirm that Mayor Eric Adams vetoed COPA on his final day in office. Wikipedia confirms Adams served as mayor until 2025, aligning with the 'late last year' timeline relative to the 2026 reintroduction.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — An election for the mayor of New York City was held on November 4, 2025. Democratic state assemblyman Zohran Mamdani won the election with 50.78% of the vote, defeating Republican activist Curtis Sliw…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2025_New_York_City_mayoral_ele…

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Eric Leroy Adams (born September 1, 1960) is an American politician and former police officer who served as the 111th mayor of New York City from 2022 to 2025. A member of the Democratic Party, Adams …
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — There were several investigations into the Eric Adams administration during his term as Mayor of New York City, which began in 2022 and ended in 2025. Chief among these investigations was the federal …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Investigations_into_the_Eric_A…

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Claim 7: “Councilwoman Sandy Nurse reintroduced the Community Right to Purchase Act”

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Three independent web search results confirm that Council Member Sandy Nurse announced the reintroduction of the Community Opportunity to Purchase Act (COPA) on May 14, 2026.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Darma V. Diaz (born August 5, 1968) is a Democratic politician. She is a former New York City Councilmember for the 37th district, which includes Bushwick, East New York, Cypress Hills, Ocean Hill-Bro…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darma_Diaz

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Susan Zhuang (Chinese: 莊文怡; pinyin: Zhuāng Wényí) is an American politician who is a member of the New York City Council for the 43rd district, which covers Sunset Park, Dyker Heights, Bensonhurst, Ba…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Susan_Zhuang

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Claim 8: “the law would grant nonprofits a “right to first refusal,” meaning they would have to be notified of all private offers received.”

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The evidence provided for this claim consists of general dictionary definitions of 'community' and unrelated city services, with no mention of the 'right of first refusal' in the context of COPA.

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web search NEUTRAL — A community is a social unit (a group of people) with a shared socially-significant characteristic (s), being place, set of norms, culture, religion, values, customs, or identity.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Community

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web search NEUTRAL — May 15, 2026 · The meaning of COMMUNITY is a unified body of individuals. How to use community in a sentence.
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/community

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web search NEUTRAL — Hoquiam’s Community Services Department is responsible for the development and implementation of recreational programming our various park facilities. The goal of the department is to meet the diverse…
https://www.cityofhoquiam.com/page/community-services/

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Claim 9: “nonprofits buyers will likely enter into preservation agreements with the city’s Department of Housing Preservation & Development to secure property-tax exemptions over their new buildings.”

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Claim 10: “Over 20% of nonprofits’ current portfolio isn’t even bringing in enough revenue to meet expenses.”

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Claim 11: “COPA could sweep thousands of buildings across the city into its scope, including distressed properties, buildings in foreclosure, properties with outstanding violations and those with expiring affordability agreements.”

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One source mentions the bill targets 'distressed multifamily properties,' but the specific list (foreclosure, violations, expiring agreements) is not corroborated by a second independent source in the provided evidence.

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web search NEUTRAL — In the last 15 years alone, 212,000 new or rehabilitated homeownership and rental units -- in broad swaths of full blocks and in-fill scatterings of two or three here, four to eight there -- have infu…
https://www.nytimes.com/2004/05/02/realestate/transforming-c…

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web search NEUTRAL — Sometimes the settlements still require homeowners to lose their home but in ways that reduce the costs and the credit damage associated with foreclosures. In the New York City borough of Queens, for …
https://www.propublica.org/article/new-york-state-foreclosur…

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web search NEUTRAL — Foreclosures come into the spotlight in New York after a fire at one of those foreclosures claims three victims. State senator says banks that own properties aren't maintaining them.
https://www.csmonitor.com/Business/Latest-News-Wires/2011/08…

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Claim 12: “New York’s 50,000 vacant rent-stabilized units”

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