On behalf of Himmelstein, McConnell, Gribben, Donoghue & Joseph LLP | Jul 23, 2019 | Eviction Prevention
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...
On behalf of Himmelstein, McConnell, Gribben, Donoghue & Joseph LLP | Mar 26, 2019 | Eviction Prevention
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...
On behalf of Himmelstein, McConnell, Gribben, Donoghue & Joseph LLP | Nov 19, 2018 | Eviction Prevention
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...
On behalf of Himmelstein, McConnell, Gribben, Donoghue & Joseph LLP | Sep 13, 2018 | Eviction Prevention
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...
On behalf of Himmelstein, McConnell, Gribben, Donoghue & Joseph LLP | Jun 15, 2018 | Eviction Prevention
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...
On behalf of Himmelstein, McConnell, Gribben, Donoghue & Joseph LLP | Jan 19, 2018 | Eviction Prevention
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...
On behalf of Himmelstein, McConnell, Gribben, Donoghue & Joseph LLP | Dec 29, 2017 | Eviction Prevention
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...
On behalf of Himmelstein, McConnell, Gribben, Donoghue & Joseph LLP | Nov 8, 2017 | Eviction Prevention
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...
On behalf of Himmelstein, McConnell, Gribben, Donoghue & Joseph LLP | Nov 8, 2017 | Eviction Prevention
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...
On behalf of Himmelstein, McConnell, Gribben, Donoghue & Joseph LLP | Oct 20, 2017 | Eviction Prevention
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’...
