News & Press Releases

  • February 2024

    How Do I Evict My Roommates?

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  • February 2024

    U.S. Supreme Court declines to hear another challenge to NYC’s rent stabilization law

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  • January 2024

    HMGJ ASSOCIATE MILAN MOMENI ELECTED PRESIDENT OF THE NATIONAL LAWYERS GUILD’S NYC CHAPTER

    HMGJ associate, Milad Momeni, was elected in December 2023 as President of the National Lawyers Guild’s (NLG) NYC Chapter. Milad, a longtime member of the NLG, previously served as the Treasurer of the NLG NYC Chapter. He hopes to continue the NLG’s strong tradition of movement lawyering, dedication to the need for basic change in the structure of our housing and homelessness system, and fighting for tenants’ rights, both in NYC and on a national level. The firm looks forward to supporting Milad as he takes on this new leadership role.

  • January 2024

    How can I make a neighboring building owner take down scaffolding that’s been up for years?

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  • January 2024

    Ask Sam: The size of a rent-stabilized apartment decreased, but the asking rent increased. Is this legal?

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  • January 2024

    My landlord didn’t countersign my lease and now he’s ghosting me. How do I get the apartment?

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  • January 2024

    What the end of the ‘Frankenstein loophole’ means for NYC renters

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  • December 2023

    Ask Sam: If I sue my landlord to get my security deposit back, will I have to pay his legal fees?

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  • December 2023

    Catharine Grad quoted in Brick Underground

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  • December 2023

    Ask Sam: Can I get my rent reduced because my windows are blocked by scaffolding?

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  • December 2023

    Ask Sam: I’m moving and need to break my lease. How can I avoid paying a penalty?

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  • November 2023

    Ask Sam: What is a ‘Frankenstein’ apartment and is it legal?

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  • October 2023

    Ask Sam: I’m breaking my lease, and the landlord listed the apartment for a higher rent. Does this protect me from being sued?

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  • October 2023

    Firm Partner Sam Himmelstein Included in the 2023 New York Metro Super Lawyers Magazine: He Represents Them Well in the Chelsea Hotel

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  • October 2023

    On October 19, 2023, firm partner Ronald Languedoc gave a lecture to the NYC Housing Court Judges at their Judicial Seminar on fraudulent deregulations and rent overcharges and the HSTPA.

  • October 2023

    Can I Sue My Landlord? New York lawyers discuss how, why, and potential alternatives

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  • September 2023

    Ask Sam: 30 years ago, rent for my apartment more than doubled. Could it have been illegally de-stabilized?

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