decontrol

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In 1983, he helped Dingell block a high-stakes bill to decontrol natural gas prices when a majority on the committee favored passage.

From Washington Post • Aug. 25, 2015

The Assembly has passed a bill that would eliminate vacancy deregulation and raise the rent and income thresholds for luxury decontrol to $3,500 and $225,000.

From New York Times • Jun. 19, 2015

In a narrowly divided vote around 10 p.m., it passed its own proposal that provided an eight-year extension but left vacancy decontrol intact.

From New York Times • Jun. 16, 2015

But tenants fought back and won in a court decision that also undercut plans for using city tax abatements to further sweeten returns on apartments pushed into luxury decontrol.

From Time • Jan. 20, 2010

If he could decontrol even half the disks on Vinin it would create enough confusion to cover his own escape.

From The Instant of Now by Cox, Irving E.