During a Journal Live Event in New York earlier this month, <a href="https://www.wsj.com/news/author/ryan-knutson?mod=WSJ_TJPOD">Ryan Knutson</a> spoke with two experts about the city’s forthcoming rent freeze. Emily Eisner, the executive director and chief economist at the Fiscal Policy Institute, and Kenny Burgos, the CEO of the New York Apartment Association, discuss the housing affordability crisis and the <a href="https://www.wsj.com/real-estate/new-york-city-board-approves-mamdanis-rent-freeze-d6d42df4?mod=WSJ_TJPOD">pros</a> and <a href="https://www.wsj.com/real-estate/apartment-landlords-have-a-2-trillion-debt-problem-that-is-only-getting-worse-6a096162?mod=WSJ_TJPOD">cons</a> of the rent freeze.

Further Listening:
- <a href="https://open.spotify.com/episode/6rgF7ioebAVQKaq78ys2h2">Kathy Hochul on Mamdani, Trump and Where Democrats Went Wrong</a>
- <a href="https://open.spotify.com/episode/55nIG32tQFCaZjakToJYhD?si=VbhohS_HQx2o5zurP-UGWQ">Is NYC’s Mayoral Race All About Rent?</a>

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