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‘Good Cause’ Eviction’s Legal Litmus Test Begins
Sept. 15, 2024
‘Good Cause’ Eviction’s Legal Litmus Test Begins
Manhattan Housing Court gets two new judges to work through higher caseload
Sept. 2, 2024
Manhattan Housing Court gets two new judges to work through higher caseload
4 years, $60k in arrears: A portrait of housing court delays at their worst
Aug. 25, 2024
4 years, $60k in arrears: A portrait of housing court delays at their worst
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.
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.
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.
The Daily Dirt: Housing court takes forever. LeFrak lawsuit finally holds it accountable
March 10, 2024
Faster decisions are needed to reduce backlog at dysfunctional hellhole
LeFrak, citing “nightmarish” delays, takes housing court to court
March 3, 2024
Landlord says “rigged” system deprives owners of property rights
‘Hateful’ squatters ‘sabotage’ NYC home with rotting fish and nails in sofa: landlord
Feb. 4, 2024
“You would think that they would feel some type of remorse … but no, they would do things like this just to try to hurt us.”
New York's Broken Housing Court Lets Tenant Stay For Years Without Paying Rent
Dec. 17, 2023
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