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New York real estate lobby pushes to roll back 2019 rent changes with new data
March 3, 2024
Real estate groups contend the 2019 laws have had a “disastrous” impact on rent-regulated housing.
LeFrak, citing “nightmarish” delays, takes housing court to court
March 3, 2024
Landlord says “rigged” system deprives owners of property rights
INTERVIEW: Rent Control Is a ‘New York Tragedy’
March 3, 2024
Richard Epstein, professor at NYU Law School, discusses rent control in New York.
NYC landlords keep fewer stabilized apartments vacant than you think, officials say
March 3, 2024
New York City’s housing agency says the number of low-cost, rent-stabilized apartments being held vacant plummeted last year amid an increasingly dire shortage of affordable units.
Inside the luxe $2M Queens home with water views where a squatter is living it up By
March 3, 2024
A squatter who’s now taking advantage of a couple’s $2 million dream home where they hoped to reside in with their disabled son is living the luxe life — and has turned it into his personal haven, The Post has learned.
Supreme Court Tosses Lingering Challenges to Rent Stabilization in NY
Feb. 25, 2024
“It doesn’t mean that they can’t be challenged again, they probably will be, but for the moment these significant challenges to rent laws are done,” said Thomas Silverstein of the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law.
Tenant advocates warn against watering down ‘good cause’ law
Feb. 25, 2024
A coalition of upstate tenants, labor unions and community organizations are telling legislative leaders that “good cause” eviction must apply statewide.
NYCHA Has 5,000 Empty Apartments After Bureaucratic Bungle, Monitor Finds
Feb. 25, 2024
That’s up from just 460 empty units two years ago, a spike largely driven by a failed effort to centralize and speed up turning over vacancies.
Stabilized but unstable: Rent regulation is worth reexamining
Feb. 25, 2024
Associate Justice Clarence Thomas joins other members of the Supreme Court as they pose for a new group portrait, at the Supreme Court building in Washington, Oct. 7, 2022. All or most of a $267,000 loan obtained by Supreme Court Justice Clarence Tho
Why New York lawmakers aren’t budging on real estate
Feb. 25, 2024
Legislature plans to keep stalling development, despite dire need