The phrase "extend the rent" is correct and can be used in written English.
You can use it when referring to an arrangement to extend the length of a rental period of an item. For example, "The renter agreed to extend the rent on the apartment for another month."
The triennial debate over whether to extend the rent laws drew hundreds of people to two days of hearings.
"There's no question that the City Council will extend the rent laws because of a housing shortage," he said.
Competing bills in the Senate and the Assembly, which is controlled by the Democrats, reflect serious partisan differences over how to extend the rent laws.
Led by Joseph L. Bruno, the Senate majority leader, Senate Republicans introduced and passed a bill to extend the rent laws shortly after they expired just after midnight.
On the issue of whether or not to extend the rent-control law, it was decided, after much talk by tenants and landlords who testified, to extend the rent control, with the understanding the Lindsay administration amendments would be added before June 1st.
And shortly before midnight, Gov. George E. Pataki and Senate Republicans pulled a surprise by introducing and passing a new bill that would extend the rent law by eight years, until 2011, and weaken it by allowing landlords to deregulate more apartments.
In an opening skirmish last week, Bruno blocked an effort by the Democratic-controlled Assextendtheextend the current rent laws for another four years.
Adding to the confusion while the Legislature debates a long-term renewal of the laws, legislators rejected a bill sought by Mr. Cuomo to extend the existing rent regulations for two days to allow time for negotiation.
ALBANY — Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo said Wednesday that he would not let lawmakers leave the capital at the scheduled end of the legislative session early next week unless they had come to an agreement on how to extend the state's rent regulation laws.
But it is unclear whether the proposal will have any political traction, given the Republican-led Senate's aversion to rent regulations, and the recent bitter legislative fight to extend the city's existing rent regulations.
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