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New York City Landlord-Tenant Law Blog
Advocacy group releases list of worst evictors in NYC
The vast majority of people living in New York City are renters. This means that most people have rights as a tenant and landlords who must obey those rights. Unfortunately, this doesn’t always happen. There are some unscrupulous landlords who engage in illegal...
HMGDJ Recovers Over $8 Million In Rent Refunds, A Waiver Of MCI Charges And Forgiveness Of 10 Years Of Rent Increases In Historic J51 Class Action Settlement
HMGDJ has recovered over $8 million in rent refunds, a waiver of MCI charges, and forgiveness of any possible rent increases over the past 10 years as part of a J-51 class action settlement for current and past tenants of an Upper East Side building. The agreement,...
HMGDJ wins a two and a half year, 30% rent abatement, after trial, proving the landlord failed to satisfactorily maintain a rent stabilized studio apartment
HMGDJ wins a two and a half year, 30% rent abatement, after trial, proving the landlord failed to satisfactorily maintain a rent stabilized studio apartment.
Viewpoint: No question that enacted pro-tenant legislation working
In her op-ed piece published in the NY Times on Dec. 26, 2019, Mara Gay unequivocally endorses protective tenant legislation enacted in Albany last year that pointedly seeks to better keep bad-faith landlords and property management groups in check. Specifically, New...
Spotlighting NYC landlords’ eviction tactics and rationales
New York City pro-landlord groups frequently assert that tenants’ complaints lack substance or are exaggerated. Tenant advocates and renters’ organizations point to landlord abuses grounded in efforts to oust tenants from units or unlawfully jack up their rents....
Some near-term perspective on slate of new protective NY housing laws
Seminal. Ground-breaking. A pivotal development. Those and many additional descriptors have been employed by wide-ranging commentators in media accounts over the past several months that spotlight noteworthy legislation informing New York City and State housing laws....
4 ways your landlord may be overcharging you
Moving to or around New York can quickly become overwhelming. Finding a home that is affordable, safe and in the desired neighborhood, it can take a lot of hunting. As such, finding your new home can be a great relief. Unfortunately, there may still be some work ahead...
Spotlight on tenant-landlord issues in wake of new laws
We noted in a recent Himmelstein, McConnell, Gribben, Donoghue & Joseph blog post the hyped yet necessarily muted excitement of many NYC tenant advocates concerning recently passed housing legislation. That law is formally denoted as the Housing Stability and...
Can my landlord discriminate against me for contracting COVID-19?
As of May 1, New York still leads the nation in coronavirus cases, with more than 300,000 residents affected. Now that the state is expanding testing, where anyone can get a test at their local pharmacy, more people are likely to test positive. If you are one of them,...
What happens if I don’t pay my rent because of the recent economic downturn?
In the last several weeks, millions of Americans have lost their jobs because of businesses shutting down to reduce the spread of the coronavirus. Of course, New York has become the epicenter of the epidemic – in the number of cases, those who have lost their lives...
