Vacancy study: Rochester doesn’t qualify for rent control

The survey says that the group of apartment buildings studied has a vacancy rate of about 9 percent.The city of Rochester does not qualify to opt into state rent control laws, according to the results of an apartment vacancy survey it conducted. The Rent Stabilization and Emergency Tenant Protection Act, which New York lawmakers passed in 2019, allows local governments in thestate to implement laws limiting annual rent increases in qualifying buildings and granting tenants in good standing the r