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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.
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.
INTERVIEW: Rent Control Is a ‘New York Tragedy’
March 3, 2024
Richard Epstein, professor at NYU Law School, discusses rent control in New York.
LeFrak, citing “nightmarish” delays, takes housing court to court
March 3, 2024
Landlord says “rigged” system deprives owners of property rights
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.
How Much Does It Cost NYCHA to Replace a Lightbulb? $708 in One Case
March 3, 2024
The micro contracts awarded to vendors at the center of the NYCHA bribery scandal are rife with inflated and wildly inconsistent costs, an analysis by THE CITY finds.
How N.Y.’s ‘Good Cause Eviction’ Bill Breaks From Other States’ Laws
March 3, 2024
Proposed rent-gouging protections are tougher than anywhere in the nation — and a new report says they could make apartments harder to find.
Op-ed | The flaws of ‘Good Cause Eviction’ and its potential impact on small property owners
March 3, 2024
Op-ed | The flaws of ‘Good Cause Eviction’ and its potential impact on small property owners
Industry says report proves the 2019 rent law was “disastrous”
March 3, 2024
Long-term vacancies are up and city is forecast to lose billions in tax revenue
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.