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Bayonne tenants urge city action as residents report steep rent increases and displacement risks
Summary
At the Jan. 22 meeting, tenants and residents testified about recent rent hikes and sales to new landlords that they say put vulnerable residents at risk; council members encouraged tenants to contact rent-control staff and pledged follow-up.
Several Bayonne residents used the public-comment portion of Wednesday's council meeting to raise urgent concerns about rent increases and sales of rental properties that tenants said threaten displacement of seniors, people with disabilities and low-income households.
Dennis Clark, a tenant at 4547 Kelly Parkway, said his building was sold while he was attempting to pay rent and described notices of large rent increases affecting elderly and disabled neighbors. "They're trying to raise the…
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