With new rent regulation law, a single word's meaning could change the entire discussion

After months of debates, two passed deadlines and advocates on both sides calling foul with the result — everything may hinge on a single word's interpretation. Last month, lawmakers in Albany passed rent-regulations that would affect nearly one-million stabilized apartments within New York City. The bill— which raised both the income level and threshold price for deregulating an affordable apartment—was seen as a failure to affordable housing advocates, who called Cuomo a traitor for his…