Not personally. I know some of my friends have been who moved back well after the "Covid Discounts" were a thing, got a little bit of an inflated deal, and now are facing like at least 3k for 1 bedrooms in places like around Williamsburg & Lower Manhattan(west village, soho, etc.). That's one of the better case scenarios I've heard as well. Truly a shame :(

They can't push you out. In uncontrolled apartments, the rent gets renegotiated at the end of every lease term (usually 1 or 2 years).

There are exceptions for rent controlled and rent stabilized apartments, where the landlords have even less power on price setting.