Understanding ‘succession rights,’ a complex issue for rent-regulated units
Legal challenges to succession rights are rare since the 2019 rent reforms
A new law simplifies how a tenant’s eligibility to inherit an apartment is determined
U.S. Supreme Court declines to hear another challenge to NYC’s rent stabilization law
The court already rejected a similar appeal from a group of property owners in October of last year
Supreme Court won’t hear arguments from landlords that NYC’s rent stabilization law is unconstitutional
Proof that Albany’s ‘pro-tenant’ reforms are killing NYC housing
Meanwhile, other building expenses for fuel, labor, insurance, property taxes have risen,
Study shows “small-portfolio” owners (basically mom-and-pops with 10 or less units) getting slammed
Hochul signs new housing laws to protect NYCHA and market-rate tenants
Tenant’s estate can now cancel their lease after the tenant dies
Four laws give tenants additional safeguards during emergencies
NYC’s Prohibited Buildings List banning short-term rentals goes live
The city is embarking on a new approach to combat illegal short-term rentals. NYC’s Local Law 18, also known as the Short-Term Rental Registration Law
Over 100 applications were submitted in the first two hours that the portal was open
Rent-SEtabilized apartments
Making it more difficult for landlords to cycle affordable apartments
Essential knowledge
Can I use my rent-stabilized apartment as an Airbnb?
Stabilized tenants have limits on what they can charge guests
A new NYC law requires hosts to register their short-term rentals
NYC landlords could soon be denied criminal background checks for tenants
Even those convicted of murder and other heinous crimes
A controversial bill prohibiting Big Apple landlords from performing criminal background checks on prospective tenants
City takes aim at landlords’ empty retail space
The owner also needs to disclose when the last lease expired
City Council on Thursday passed a bill to ramp up reporting requirements for vacant retail space
Is the Loft Law the answer to NYC’s illegal basement problem?
The bill had also included good cause eviction protections for tenants
Comptroller proposes similar program to temporarily legalize basement, cellar units
For rent law cheaters, the ultimate punishment: Endless stabilization
2019 rent law ended so-called luxury decontrol
As part of the deal, they must reset rents to legal rates, refund tenants the difference, and once again offer […]
Good riddance to good cause eviction
Legislative chatter this spring was that landlords and tenants might trade the passage of one policy for the other so that both sides went home with something.
The bill’s failure was a blow for groups like Housing Justice For All, which has rallied relentlessly to pressure the […]
NY Senate Bill 3082/Assembly Bill A05573.
Episode 043 – What is Good Cause Eviction? Nothing Good!
After listening you will clearly understand why passage of this Bill will be GOOD for nothing!
14 unions back good cause eviction. Will it matter?
The good cause bill would give tenants a defense against eviction in housing court if their rent is raised by more than 3% or 1.5 times the regional inflation rate, whichever is higher.
Experts say the unions’ push could draw lawmakers’ attention to the good cause campaign
Can Landlords Overturn New York’s Rent Stabilization Law in Federal Court?
Rent-stabilized apartments were now “significantly devalued” compared to market-rate rentals.
Landlords argue that the rent-regulation system violates their constitutional property right
Albany’s ‘No Eviction Ever’ bill will devastate landlords — and NY’s housing stock
Prevent owners of buildings with 12 or more units from reclaiming apartments for personal uses
“Good Cause Eviction” bill will strictly limit rent increases and evictions on New York City renters.
Is NY’s rent law unconstitutional? Second Circuit to rule
A ruling in favor of CHIP and RSA would kick the case back to the trial court.
Landlords argue 2019 reform amounted to taking of property
NYC Affordable Housing; The End of 421-a and the future of housing incentives
Developers act now to lock in tax incentives provided under the city’s current 421-a program
Will expire on June 15, 2022, and is not expected to be renewed
$2B in Hochul budget could fund rent relief
Legislature has until April 1 to sign off on a budget
Relief needs approval by the state legislature and would take months
Landlords Warn Steep Tax Hikes from Good Cause Eviction Law
“It may as well be called the ‘lease for life’ bill because it would render the most basic provisions of rental apartment leases legally insignificant.
It would strip landlords of their ownership rights
Buildings must go electric, J-51 is back
Incentive is available for residential renovations and conversions
Beginning in 2024, new buildings in the city will go electric
Landlords defeat criminal-history bill, for now
Formerly incarcerated people are more likely to be homeless
The bill would have created a liability for owners and a worry for tenants
Hochul bumps up voucher values to cheers of landlords, housing advocates
Law lifts the dollar values of state vouchers to 100 percent of the federal fair market level from 85 percent
Signs law raising renting power of homeless New Yorkers
City Council weighing ban on tenant background checks
Landlords would be able to evict tenants if they perpetrate violence
The bill, landlords would be blocked from running criminal record checks
City Council advances protections for lease-breakers
The city’s bill applies to all apartments, not just rent-stabilized ones.
Bill would prevent residential landlords from seeking early termination fees
State attorneys general call for eviction ban on subsidized renters
Low-income renters who are more likely to receive federal housing assistance through public housing authorities or voucher program
Letter by CA, IL, NY officials, among others, asks HUD to stay proceedings on low-income tenants who applied for relief
Fudging the numbers? Landlords say NY gamed survey to save rent stabilization
Kathy Hochul signed legislation that punts the deadline for keeping or killing rent stabilization to July, more than four years later than the last survey release.
Gov. Hochul signed legislation delaying verdict until mid-2022
Who Is Investing In Opportunity Zone Projects?
Several projects, do not meet that profile at all
Potential OZ investors to come to us as opposed to going out and trying to find them?
Judge trashes 421a rent overcharge suit against Muss
Win against tenants at a Bed-Stuy rental building
Tenants’ case accuses developer of illegally inflating rents in Bed-Stuy
Proposed bill would require landlords to pay for tenants’ internet
Landlord cannot be passed along to tenants
Existing buildings would have until 2026 to comply
Landlords find way around housing court backlog
Landlord would be subject to criminal charges, which in theory could mean a five-year prison sentence.
As nonpayment cases pile up, owners pursue money judgments in civil court
Housing court is back — with boundaries
As many as six courtrooms will hear two to six cases per hour,
In-person appearances on tap as courts dismiss warnings of “sickness and death”
How the Commercial Rent Stabilization Act will damage NYC’s economy
Commercial Rent Control Proposed Again as NYC Retail Reels From Pandemic
Enacting Commercial Rent Stabilization will significantly damage New York City’s economy and impair the viability of conducting business in NYC.
Two more rent law challenges tossed, landlords rest hopes on appeal
Dismissed suits argued that the rent law is unconstitutional
Third lawsuit awaiting arguments in Second Circuit
What landlords and tenants need to know about NYC security deposit laws.
HSTPA amended General Obligations Law (“GOL”) § 7-108 prohibit landlords from collecting more than one month of security or from taking any payment of future months’ rent
Landlords who charge more than one month’s rent for security at lease execution are taking a substantial risk.