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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.
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.
Why New York lawmakers aren’t budging on real estate
Feb. 25, 2024
Legislature plans to keep stalling development, despite dire need
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
Op-ed: Local rent-control initiatives may soften the push for ‘good cause’ bill
Feb. 4, 2024
Good cause eviction would force owners of multifamily properties to renew leases with tenants unless there was a good cause for not doing so, such as non-payment, or breaking clauses in the lease contract
‘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.”
Crown Heights tenants rally for control of their building after years of no repairs
Feb. 4, 2024
‘No justice, no peace’: Crown Heights tenants say they are fighting to take control of their building after years of no repairs by slumlords and city agencies.
Op-Ed | Rent-stabilized housing on a precipice
Feb. 4, 2024
New York City is in the midst of a housing crisis
