Des e-mails et des SMS révèlent le plan de Mamdani pour bloquer les loyers
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Des e-mails et des SMS révèlent le plan de Mamdani pour bloquer les loyers

Emails and texts reveal Mamdani's plan to freeze rents

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The New York TimesOctober 1, 2026View Source

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New York a récemment commencé un gel des loyers pour de nombreux appartements.

New York recently started a rent freeze for many apartments.

récemment→recentlycommencé→startedun→agel→freezedes→of theloyers→rentspour→forde→some/ofnombreux→manyappartements→apartments
Cette loi protège les personnes vivant dans des logements à loyer stabilisé.

This law protects people living in rent-stabilized units.

Cette→Thisloi→lawprotège→protectsles→thepersonnes→peoplevivant→livingdans→indes→somelogements→housing/unitsà→withloyer→rentstabilisé→stabilized
Zohran Mamdani est un politicien qui a travaillé dur pour cette règle.

Zohran Mamdani is a politician who worked hard for this rule.

est→isun→apoliticien→politicianqui→whoa→hastravaillé→workeddur→hardpour→forcette→thisrègle→rule
Maintenant, certaines personnes contestent le gel des loyers au tribunal.

Now, some people are challenging the rent freeze in court.

Maintenant→Nowcertaines→certain/somepersonnes→peoplecontestent→are challengingle→thegel→freezedes→of theloyers→rentsau→in thetribunal→court
Un procès a révélé de nombreux courriels et messages textes privés.

A lawsuit revealed many private emails and text messages.

Un→Aprocès→lawsuit/triala→hasrévélé→revealedde→ofnombreux→manycourriels→emailset→andtextes→textsprivés→private
Ces messages montrent comment les politiciens ont pris leurs décisions.

These messages show how the politicians made their decisions.

Ces→Thesemontrent→showcomment→howles→thepoliticiens→politiciansont→havepris→taken/madeleurs→theirdécisions→decisions
Les propriétaires disent que le gel n'est pas juste pour eux.

Landlords say the freeze is not fair for them.

Les→Thepropriétaires→landlords/ownersdisent→sayque→thatle→thegel→freezen→notest→ispas→notjuste→fairpour→foreux→them
Cependant, de nombreux locataires sont heureux parce que leur loyer reste bas.

However, many tenants are happy because their rent stays low.

Cependant→Howeverde→ofnombreux→manylocataires→tenantssont→areheureux→happyparce que→becauseleur→theirloyer→rentreste→staysbas→low
Le tribunal décidera si le gel peut continuer.

The court will decide if the freeze can continue.

Le→Thetribunal→courtdécidera→will decidesi→ifle→thegel→freezepeut→cancontinuer→continue
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gel
freeze
"Le gel des prix aide les familles."
loyer
rent
"Mon loyer est trop cher."
logement
housing / unit
"Il cherche un nouveau logement."
propriétaire
landlord
"Le propriétaire a réparé la fenêtre."
locataire
tenant
"La locataire paie son loyer chaque mois."
procès
lawsuit / trial
"Le procès commence demain matin."
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