Jay Martin 🏳️🌈
@jaymart.bsky.social
SVP of New York Apartment Association.
There’s no regulatory solution to a supply problem. Go Bills!
There’s no regulatory solution to a supply problem. Go Bills!
The only thing scarier than a housing shortage is lying about solutions to it. Luckily Kenny is on the case to solve this spooky mystery.
October 29, 2025 at 3:23 PM
The only thing scarier than a housing shortage is lying about solutions to it. Luckily Kenny is on the case to solve this spooky mystery.
Yesterday at the Zohran rally for a rent freeze on rent stabilized housing, multiple lawmakers asked why does the RGB increase rents but somehow buildings don’t get better?
Here’s one major reason why.
Here’s one major reason why.
October 2, 2025 at 2:54 PM
Yesterday at the Zohran rally for a rent freeze on rent stabilized housing, multiple lawmakers asked why does the RGB increase rents but somehow buildings don’t get better?
Here’s one major reason why.
Here’s one major reason why.
The Comptrollers office is supposed to save the pension fund money.
So what happens when politics is more important than that?
Here’s how the rent law and calls for a rent freeze cost the NYC pension funds hundreds of millions of dollars and broke rent stabilized housing in the process.
So what happens when politics is more important than that?
Here’s how the rent law and calls for a rent freeze cost the NYC pension funds hundreds of millions of dollars and broke rent stabilized housing in the process.
September 30, 2025 at 12:40 PM
The Comptrollers office is supposed to save the pension fund money.
So what happens when politics is more important than that?
Here’s how the rent law and calls for a rent freeze cost the NYC pension funds hundreds of millions of dollars and broke rent stabilized housing in the process.
So what happens when politics is more important than that?
Here’s how the rent law and calls for a rent freeze cost the NYC pension funds hundreds of millions of dollars and broke rent stabilized housing in the process.
Why does your rent keep going up ?
One reason you might not expect.
Fraudulent insurance claims.
One reason you might not expect.
Fraudulent insurance claims.
September 12, 2025 at 5:13 PM
Why does your rent keep going up ?
One reason you might not expect.
Fraudulent insurance claims.
One reason you might not expect.
Fraudulent insurance claims.
At an average of $500 per month the renters in this building pay $2000 per year more in property taxes via their rent check than the two family home that is right next door.
Property tax reform is good for renters. Let’s get it done.
Property tax reform is good for renters. Let’s get it done.
September 9, 2025 at 1:52 AM
At an average of $500 per month the renters in this building pay $2000 per year more in property taxes via their rent check than the two family home that is right next door.
Property tax reform is good for renters. Let’s get it done.
Property tax reform is good for renters. Let’s get it done.
Relatively speaking there are very few evictions in NYC. And if we want to lower that number even further we should ask renters if we want to spend 100s of millions on lawyers (where they’ll end up owing rent anyway) or, just help them directly when they struggle.
August 29, 2025 at 3:09 PM
Relatively speaking there are very few evictions in NYC. And if we want to lower that number even further we should ask renters if we want to spend 100s of millions on lawyers (where they’ll end up owing rent anyway) or, just help them directly when they struggle.
US Open in NYC. How about us OPEN more housing? Amiright??
Anyway Kenny answers some fan mail from comment section experts and sets the record straight on some housing facts.
Anyway Kenny answers some fan mail from comment section experts and sets the record straight on some housing facts.
August 25, 2025 at 11:39 PM
US Open in NYC. How about us OPEN more housing? Amiright??
Anyway Kenny answers some fan mail from comment section experts and sets the record straight on some housing facts.
Anyway Kenny answers some fan mail from comment section experts and sets the record straight on some housing facts.
Want to make New York more affordable? We don’t need to look to Austria; we need to look much closer to home.
August 22, 2025 at 1:23 PM
Want to make New York more affordable? We don’t need to look to Austria; we need to look much closer to home.
New York City’s property tax system actually punishes apartment buildings the older and more affordable they are for renters.
It makes no sense.
It makes no sense.
August 19, 2025 at 2:30 PM
New York City’s property tax system actually punishes apartment buildings the older and more affordable they are for renters.
It makes no sense.
It makes no sense.
You’ve probably heard a guy running for mayor say rent stabilized properties profit is up by 12%.
Here’s why that number is nonsense.
Here’s why that number is nonsense.
July 14, 2025 at 3:59 PM
You’ve probably heard a guy running for mayor say rent stabilized properties profit is up by 12%.
Here’s why that number is nonsense.
Here’s why that number is nonsense.
There’s pandering to the uninformed, and then there’s this.
Sadly, many in this district believe this nonsense.
Sadly, many in this district believe this nonsense.
April 20, 2025 at 12:36 AM
There’s pandering to the uninformed, and then there’s this.
Sadly, many in this district believe this nonsense.
Sadly, many in this district believe this nonsense.
Want to buy an entire building in Brooklyn for less then a single family home ?
You can.
Only issue is you are guaranteed to lose money AND lawmakers will call you evil for asking for rents to cover the cost to operate it.
You can.
Only issue is you are guaranteed to lose money AND lawmakers will call you evil for asking for rents to cover the cost to operate it.
March 25, 2025 at 7:24 PM
Want to buy an entire building in Brooklyn for less then a single family home ?
You can.
Only issue is you are guaranteed to lose money AND lawmakers will call you evil for asking for rents to cover the cost to operate it.
You can.
Only issue is you are guaranteed to lose money AND lawmakers will call you evil for asking for rents to cover the cost to operate it.
If you're wondering why your rental building doesn’t have money for repairs or the Super isn’t around to fix things, it could be because the City believes a good use of maintenance workers' time is to spend hours of their day sorting through your garbage.
March 20, 2025 at 3:01 PM
If you're wondering why your rental building doesn’t have money for repairs or the Super isn’t around to fix things, it could be because the City believes a good use of maintenance workers' time is to spend hours of their day sorting through your garbage.
This is what happens when vacancy control starts destroying your city's multifamily housing.
March 18, 2025 at 10:23 PM
This is what happens when vacancy control starts destroying your city's multifamily housing.
New York’s rent-stabilized renters need a tax break.
February 18, 2025 at 5:16 PM
New York’s rent-stabilized renters need a tax break.
Break neighborhood character.
February 1, 2025 at 11:32 PM
Break neighborhood character.
This was sent to me this morning from a building owner.
When a multi-family rental property gets its liability insurance canceled, this is what it looks like.
No claims. No substantive change in the building other than massive value loss due to the 2019 rent law.
When a multi-family rental property gets its liability insurance canceled, this is what it looks like.
No claims. No substantive change in the building other than massive value loss due to the 2019 rent law.
January 30, 2025 at 1:32 PM
This was sent to me this morning from a building owner.
When a multi-family rental property gets its liability insurance canceled, this is what it looks like.
No claims. No substantive change in the building other than massive value loss due to the 2019 rent law.
When a multi-family rental property gets its liability insurance canceled, this is what it looks like.
No claims. No substantive change in the building other than massive value loss due to the 2019 rent law.
New York Strong means acting now to save our regulated housing.
January 14, 2025 at 9:39 PM
New York Strong means acting now to save our regulated housing.
It is possible to have strong tenant protections while allowing for buildings to be properly maintained and renovated.
Here’s how San Francisco does it compared to NYC, which is killing rent-stabilized housing with its system.
Here’s how San Francisco does it compared to NYC, which is killing rent-stabilized housing with its system.
January 2, 2025 at 3:30 PM
It is possible to have strong tenant protections while allowing for buildings to be properly maintained and renovated.
Here’s how San Francisco does it compared to NYC, which is killing rent-stabilized housing with its system.
Here’s how San Francisco does it compared to NYC, which is killing rent-stabilized housing with its system.
Facts about how Rent Control in California is more transparent for renters and property owners then New York’s RGB system.
Big thing… harder to hide government costs and mandates!
Big thing… harder to hide government costs and mandates!
December 19, 2024 at 11:29 PM
Facts about how Rent Control in California is more transparent for renters and property owners then New York’s RGB system.
Big thing… harder to hide government costs and mandates!
Big thing… harder to hide government costs and mandates!
A renter in NYC has a less then 1% chance of being evicted.
This holds true across housing unit types and is actually lower in rent stabilized.
The idea that renters in rent stabilized are under constant threat of eviction is a myth.
That’s a good thing.
This holds true across housing unit types and is actually lower in rent stabilized.
The idea that renters in rent stabilized are under constant threat of eviction is a myth.
That’s a good thing.
December 19, 2024 at 1:19 PM
A renter in NYC has a less then 1% chance of being evicted.
This holds true across housing unit types and is actually lower in rent stabilized.
The idea that renters in rent stabilized are under constant threat of eviction is a myth.
That’s a good thing.
This holds true across housing unit types and is actually lower in rent stabilized.
The idea that renters in rent stabilized are under constant threat of eviction is a myth.
That’s a good thing.
San Francisco Housing policy more rational than New York policy? Yup!
December 17, 2024 at 6:07 PM
San Francisco Housing policy more rational than New York policy? Yup!
San Francisco is considered by most people to be the most overly regulated politically liberal city in the county when it comes to housing.
So instead of going to Vienna, we came here to compare how San Francisco's rent control regime differs in key areas from New York’s.
Stay Tuned.
So instead of going to Vienna, we came here to compare how San Francisco's rent control regime differs in key areas from New York’s.
Stay Tuned.
December 9, 2024 at 2:16 AM
San Francisco is considered by most people to be the most overly regulated politically liberal city in the county when it comes to housing.
So instead of going to Vienna, we came here to compare how San Francisco's rent control regime differs in key areas from New York’s.
Stay Tuned.
So instead of going to Vienna, we came here to compare how San Francisco's rent control regime differs in key areas from New York’s.
Stay Tuned.