You can read through Union City's rent stabilization control code yourself and look through the exceptions here: https://ecode360.com/15396991Keep in mind that in addition to this code, there is a rent increase freeze in place in Union City (in addition to the state's requirements) until 2 months after the state of emergency is over. 

It will be 10 days before we get above freezing for even a few hours. 

The summer is not so bad, but come the winter, I freeze my butt off.

The contractor claims he can paint the siding of the house to match the garage but that he needs at least 2 days where the temperature is above 50 degrees and stays above freezing at night.

It has already mellowed out as it's not quite so freezing (crazy cold week!

*Repairs and replacement required where windows are left open which have caused plumbing to freeze, or rain, or water damage to floors or walls.

Did they leave their heat off such that they allowed the pipes to freeze?

Explain to him how your going to take him to court, he will owe you tens of thousand in legal fees, court cost, plus money owed, you will put a lean on his assets and freeze all his accounts, and vanish all his income, including any IRS returns. 

It is costing me a lot of money for gas and electric and I'm freezing.

If my tenant gets their gas shut off, can I shut their water off to prevent the pipes from freezing?