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NYCHA Steps Up Evictions on Tenants, Paying Marshal Fees
July 7, 2024
In the first three months of 2024, the public housing authority removed more households than it did in all of 2023, as the cash-strapped authority tries to get more money coming in.
The Daily Dirt: How landlords spin their decisions to combine rent-stabilized apartments
July 7, 2024
CHIP leader shouldn’t hide that owners are, indeed, capitalists
NYC tenant makes life living hell for neighbors by running naked through hall, bashing walls with hammer: ‘We’re all terrified’
July 7, 2024
Lais only leaves his apartment at 23-35 Broadway in Astoria to smoke cigarettes, his neighbors say.
The Daily Dirt: City revives tax lien sale
July 7, 2024
Council approves several reforms to protect delinquent owners
New York City’s Worst Water Bill Delinquent? New York State.
July 7, 2024
The Metropolitan Transportation Authority and two other state entities owe $76.5 million in unpaid city water bills at a time when the city is raising water rates.
Kingston becomes second upstate city to adopt ‘good-cause’ eviction law
July 7, 2024
Kingston’s version of the tenant-protection law applies to landlords who own at least two units anywhere in the state
New York’s Housing Hell
June 30, 2024
Instead of punishing landlords with inefficiency and uncertainty, housing courts should provide for a fair, predictable, and timely eviction process.
New York warns insurers to stop discriminating against renters with housing aid
June 30, 2024
New York state’s insurance regulator is warning companies that they can’t deny coverage to property owners because they rent to low-income tenants or residents with government housing subsidies.
City Moves to Resurrect Tax Breaks for Renovations, But Housing Stakeholders Are Split
June 30, 2024
The city’s lawmakers and housing agency seem poised to reintroduce and pass a more affordability-focused J-51 tax program to help fix up apartments—but some housing stakeholders are lukewarm on the prospect.
2024 New York state Senate and Assembly primary election results
June 30, 2024
Incumbents on all sides of the Democratic Party are on the defensive from competitive challengers.