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Michael P. Feldman, the CEO of property management company Choice New York Companies, said he understands the viewpoint of advocates like Enriquez but is concerned about the economics behind canceling rent and passing longer-term moratorium extensions.

“I’m not a macroeconomist,” he added. “But, those [policies] conjure the proverb, ‘Give a [person] a fish, and feed [them] for a day, but teach [them] how to fish and feed [them] for a lifetime,” he said. “To me, this more falls into the ‘give [them] a fish,’ as opposed to ‘teaching [them] to fish.’ What people need are jobs.”