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Mamdani's Rent-Freeze Approved By NYC Guidelines Board The New York City Rent Guidelines Board voted 7–1 to freeze rents on about 1 million rent-stabilized apartments for up to two years, giving tenants a win on a central campaign promise from Mayor Zohran Mamdani while revealing tensions over the board’s independence. The board set the annual increase at zero percent for both one-year and two-year leases starting in October. The affected apartments house roughly 2.5 million residents. The board’s 2025 study found the average monthly rent in regulated units was $1,599 last...

US Manufacturing Expanded For 6th Straight Month In June As Inflation Fears Ease With 'hard data' having deteriorated recently (except in the labor market), 'soft' survey data has been surprisingly strong (especially in the Manufacturing side of the economy). S&P Global's US Manufacturing PMI dipped from multi-year highs at 55.1 to 53.9 final in June (below the 55.7 expected). ISM Manufacturing also dipped from 54.0 to 53.3 (slightly below the 53.9 exp). Both solidly above the '50' line suggesting growth... Source: Bloomberg Put simply: US manufacturing activity expanded for a sixth straight month in June as...

Iran’s Tasnim news agency reported on Monday that Tehran has suspended the exchange of messages with the US that was being done through Pakistan due to Israel’s continued war and its escalations in Lebanon. “Given the continuing crimes of the Zionist regime in Lebanon and considering that Lebanon was one of the preconditions for the […]