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=== Legislation ===
Some politicians have proposed bills<ref name="bills">{{cite web|url=http://www.save-ml.org/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=329 |title=Save Mitchell-Lama - Omnibus Rent Bill: Is your Elected Sponsoring it? |publisher=Save-ml.org}}</ref> to the [[New York State legislature]] that would put all buildings leaving or that have left Mitchell-Lama into [[rent stabilization]] upon privatization. The Rent Act of 2011<ref>http://www.assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?default_fld=&bn=S05856&term=&Summary=Y&Text=Y</ref> signed into law on June 24, 2011, on did not mention Mitchell-Lama rentals or co-operatives.
 
Given that state legislators who reside outside of New York City vote on such bills, many tenants{{who|date=June 2016}} interested in preserving affordable housing in New York City seek to shift control over rent regulation from the state to the city by restoring [[home rule]].<ref name="t&n">{{cite web|url=http://www.tenantsandneighbors.org |title=Tenants and Neighbors |publisher=Tenants and Neighbors |date= |accessdate=2011-06-14}}</ref> Other bills have called for a one-year moratorium on all privatization ("buy-outs").<ref name="www.save-ml.org">http://www.save-ml.org/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=225 Save Mitchell-Lama</ref>