How important is it to have an attorney in housing court? A review of the one-year-old NYC Right to Counsel (RTC) law shows that evictions in New York City have decreased markedly since the law went into effect. RTC is the first law of its kind in the U.S. Passed in...
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Eviction Prevention
The most common reason for eviction from rent-stabilized units
In a real estate market where the need for affordable housing is great and rents continue to rise, rent-stabilized apartments provide relief to many New York tenants. These apartments cut down on yearly rent hikes and provide increased eviction protections. However, a...
New NYC housing report cites challenges, spotlights foreclosure
In an urban metro as diverse and ever-changing as New York City, a deep-dive housing report is unquestionably going to be replete with compelling bits of data. The key bullet points that emerge from a new housing analysis authored by the advocacy group Center for NYC...
High-profile NYC landlords under spotlight for falsifying permits
A representative for the major New York City development firm Kushner Companies refers to scores of alleged housing violations as innocent "paperwork errors." City housing officials call them something else. The city's Departments of Buildings cited the company last...
‘Need to know’ information for New York renters
New York is unique. It can be dirty, but the 24/7 bustle of life can be invigorating. Demand for living space is high, making reasonable rents hard to come by. Even those who have lived in rented apartments or owned cooperatives for years face legal challenges as...
Can your NYC landlord oust you from your rent-stabilized dwelling?
Many readers of our tenants' rights blog across the New York City metro area might reasonably anticipate the answer to the above-posed headline query as being a resounding ... "maybe." On the one hand, there are certainly instances where a court upholds a landlord's...
Legal woes continue for imprisoned NYC landlord
We noted in a recent blog post the "still ongoing" civil case brought by state Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman against a notorious NYC landlord. Many of our readers know well about Steven Croman, given the magnitude of his "bad-faith and unlawful renter-focused...
Focus: the important work done by the Housing Rights Initiative
It's more than a safe bet that Aaron Carr and his Housing Rights Initiative are not on the holiday shopping list of any problem landlords operating in New York City. The reason why rings clear in HRI's stated mission, which is "to protect the rights of tenants and...
Bad Faith Landlord gets one year jail sentence to Rikers Island
The day of legal reckoning finally came last week for a big-time New York City landlord when, on Tuesday, a Manhattan judge sentenced the embattled businessman Steven Croman to a one-year jail term to be served on Rikers Island. Legions of rent-stabilized tenants who...
Worried about lead paint in your apartment? You’re not alone.
In New York City, lead paint is a real concern. With so many older buildings in the city, it is not uncommon for apartments to have lead paint in them. A law prohibiting the use of lead paint in residential dwellings was passed in 1960, but according to tenants’...
