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A notorious city landlord effectively jacked up rents above what’s allowed in a scheme that preys on New Yorkers desperate to find housing, a recent lawsuit alleges. The suit, filed in Bronx ...
In 2009, the building (pictured above), at 1514 E. 172nd St., was designated as one of the 200 most distressed buildings in the city, reported New York's Daily News.
“In six short months, New York’s rental assistance program has provided more than $1 billion in direct payments to landlords and protected roughly 168,000 households from eviction,” a ...
On July 15, 2019, an assortment of landlords and landlord groups initiated a legal challenge to the law in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York. [21] In a 125-page complaint , [ 21 ] the plaintiffs claimed that the Rent Stabilization Law – as modified by the HSTPA – violated their rights under Due Process Clause of ...
In 2018, a new lawsuit alleged that Croman illegally deregulated apartments in an East Harlem building, and in 2019 this lawsuit became a class action lawsuit involving more than 100 current and former tenants. [14] Multiple other tenant-related lawsuits have also been filed since Croman's release from prison. [15]
"A tenant's request that his or her landlord make repairs to her apartment does not elevate the tenant to the status of a consumer entitled to a remedy under the Act," the Supreme Court wrote in ...
In 1920, New York adopted the Emergency Rent Laws, which effectively charged the courts of New York State with their administration. [ 19 ] [ 20 ] [ 21 ] The rent laws were the result of a series of widespread rent strikes in New York City from 1918 to 1920 that had been sparked by a World War 1 housing shortage, and the subsequent land ...
The Landas have taken Flores, aged 32, to landlord-tenant court to try and get him evicted — but five hearings in civil court later and the couple are yet to achieve that goal.