‘We can’t even buy food’: New Yorkers protest proposed rent increases

Recently proposed 9% hikes for rent stabilized apartments stoke panic as residents call on Eric Adams to roll it back

At 64, Chen Renping has lived in New York City's Chinatown neighborhood for more than 20 years.

But after a back injury forced him to retire from construction work in 2018, Renping can only afford rent if he works multiple part-time jobs - and that's with his unit being rent stabilized.