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Behind the Evolution of Rent Control
July 14, 2024
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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 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.
The Daily Dirt: City revives tax lien sale
July 7, 2024
Council approves several reforms to protect delinquent owners
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: How landlords spin their decisions to combine rent-stabilized apartments
July 7, 2024
CHIP leader shouldn’t hide that owners are, indeed, capitalists
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.
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.
Tenant groups tell distressed landlords to use government programs. One is barely working
June 30, 2024
State’s hardship program receives just 11 applications in five years