February 24, 2026

It’s easy to say New York should be more affordable. But it’s a lot harder to explain how to make it so.

In this short video, Schlam Stone & Dolan partner Joshua Wurtzel explains how rent-stabilization laws fail to actually reduce rents, and instead, simply ensure that many rent-stabilized buildings end up on the auction block.

Watch Joshua’s full video below:

 

Joshua Wurtzel is a partner at Schlam Stone & Dolan LLP who focuses his practice on complex commercial, real-estate, and commercial-lending litigation. He has been recognized on the Best Lawyers “Ones to Watch® in America” list in Commercial Litigation and the New York Metro Super Lawyers® "Rising Stars" list in Business Litigation.

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