Rebecca Seawright, who chairs the Assembly committee on Aging, is pushing to expand rent freeze protections for seniors and people with disabilities and wants to lift the eligibility cap from its current level of $50,000 annual income to $75,000 annual income.
Rebecca Seawright, who chairs the Assembly committee on Aging, is pushing to expand rent freeze protections for seniors and people with disabilities and wants to lift the eligibility cap from its current level of $50,000 annual income to $75,000 annual income. ( Photo: Office of Rebecca Seawright )

The threshold to qualify for the rent freeze has been stuck at only $50,000 for over a decade with no cost-of-living increases. Rebecca Seawright supports legislation upping the cap to $75,000.

Seawright: Expand Rent Freeze Protections for Seniors and People with Disabilities
09 Feb 2026 | 03:12
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As Chair of the New York State Assembly Committee on Aging, I am dedicated to fighting for the dignity and security of our older adults and individuals with disabilities. In my district on the Upper East Side and Roosevelt Island, I have witnessed firsthand how skyrocketing rents threaten to uproot lifelong...

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