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what percentage of nyc apartments are rent controlled
As of 2017, one percent of apartments in New York City are rent controlled.
what conditions have to be met for rent control to occur in new york city
Rent control happens when a tenant has been living continuously in their apartment since July 1, 1971—yes, 1971—in a building constructed before 1947.
when did rent control first occur in new york city
New York's current rent control program began in 1943.
what caused new york's current rent control program to begin in 1943
In 1942, President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed the Emergency Price Control Act into law.

Question: what was the goal of the act
Self-contained rewrite: what was the goal of emergency price control act, signed into law by president franklin d. roosevelt in 1942