Honestly I ran into partially related situation in NYC. I found a 1-bed apartment I liked at a nicer building, I decided to proceed and next thing you know I'm

Honestly I ran into partially related situation in NYC. I found a 1-bed apartment I liked at a nicer building, I decided to proceed and next thing you know I'm signing the lease. I read the lease and says a few very peculiar things: 1) the rent is 50% higher than what I saw being advertised/communicated 2) there is a massive discount that brings the rent down to what we agreed to on a separate page 3) this turned out to be a rent stabilized building so my rent is protected under rent control and I was informed I have more rights about increased rent After some more thought I realize building management has been increasing the rent at the government regulated percentage every year behind the scenes and sometimes the market was relatively flat, they continued to raise the actual rent providing discounts, 10 years later they are giving a massive discount so that it actually meets the market demand. Later on they have full control on raising rent as often as to basically whatever price they want. Something about the whole thing seems like this isn't what rent stabilization was for...