That Entitlement Mentality

From Real Estate Q & A in yesterday's New York Times:

I’m a rent-controlled tenant on a great East Village block, paying below $200 a month in rent. Our landlord is replastering, repainting and recarpeting the hallways for the first time in more than 30 years. Can he raise our rents because of this?

The answer, of course, is no. Decontrolled rents for East Village (Manhattan) studio apartments begin at $1475 per month. If you asked the questioner if he or she had any shame at all, the answer, of course, would be, "I know my rights!"