On behalf of Himmelstein, McConnell, Gribben, Donoghue & Joseph LLP | May 3, 2017 | Rent Increase, Rent Stabilization, Tenants' Rights
According to the New York City Rent Guidelines Board, landlords may or may not be able to raise the rent in buildings with J-51 benefits. It depends on whether rent stabilization applied to the building before it received the J-51 benefits. If so, the benefits...
On behalf of Himmelstein, McConnell, Gribben, Donoghue & Joseph LLP | Mar 24, 2017 | Rent Increase, Rent Stabilization
Will the moratorium continue? An upcoming judicial determination on the near future of New York City’s current freeze on rent-stabilized apartments has got the sharp attention of legions of New Yorkers. And understandably so: Reportedly, there are more than one...
On behalf of Himmelstein, McConnell, Gribben, Donoghue & Joseph LLP | Mar 23, 2017 | Rent Stabilization, Tenants' Rights
Skulduggery. Although that might typically sound like a word closely linked with pirates or the worst kind of fraudsters, it recently featured in a New York Times article in connection with New York City landlords. Brothers, to be specific, who have prominently been...
On behalf of Himmelstein, McConnell, Gribben, Donoghue & Joseph LLP | Mar 20, 2017 | Rent Increase, Rent Stabilization
Some readers of this blog, and many New York City residents generally, might be flatly bewildered by reasoning recently advanced by an advocate for city landlords regarding increases on rent-stabilized apartments. Many of our readers know much about that subject...
On behalf of Himmelstein, McConnell, Gribben, Donoghue & Joseph LLP | Jan 17, 2017 | Rent Increase, Rent Stabilization, Tenants' Rights
From January 2013 to June 2015, over 450,000 eviction cases were filed in New York City. Many of these evictions are linked to the ease with which landlords can get around rent stabilization laws, thanks to a 1994 law. Since the law passed, apartment rents in the city...
On behalf of Himmelstein, McConnell, Gribben, Donoghue & Joseph LLP | Jun 26, 2016 | Rent Stabilization
HCR (formerly known as DHCR) is the agency that has supervision over rent-stabilized and rent-controlled apartments. There are many proceedings that are handled by the HCR, including overcharge complaints, MCI applications, rent reduction applications, luxury...
On behalf of Himmelstein, McConnell, Gribben, Donoghue & Joseph LLP | Jun 9, 2016 | Rent Stabilization
If you occupy a rent-stabilized apartment, you understand the value of your property. Rents are high in New York, and your current rent may be the only affordable way for you to remain in your home and stay afloat financially. However, landlords of rent-stabilized...
On behalf of Himmelstein, McConnell, Gribben, Donoghue & Joseph LLP | May 19, 2016 | Rent Stabilization
Approximately two-thirds of the apartments in New York City are rent regulated. Rent regulated apartments include rent controlled and rent stabilized apartments in New York City and certain counties. Rent control and rent stabilization are two different programs with...
On behalf of Himmelstein, McConnell, Gribben, Donoghue & Joseph LLP | Oct 30, 2014 | Rent Stabilization
In December 2013, the New York State Court of Appeals ruled in Murphy v. DHCR, that a long-term Mitchell-Lama resident has succession rights even though his mother had not named him on one “income affidavit.” Mr. Murphy was represented by HMGDJ partner...
On behalf of Himmelstein, McConnell, Gribben, Donoghue & Joseph LLP | Dec 12, 2013 | Rent Stabilization, Tenants' Rights
In a decision dated December 2, 2013, 98 Riverside Drive v. DHCR and 98 Riverside Drive Tenants Association, Justice Cynthia S. Kern of the New York State Supreme Court dismissed the landlord’s Article 78 petition against a rent reduction order issued by the...
