In a sneak attack on the tenant movement’s legislative strategy, City Council Speaker Peter Vallone on February 21 rejected Manhattan….
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State Comptroller McCall Issues Audit Of DHCR Overcharge Unit
As Tenant goes to press, state Comptroller H. Carl McCall has issued an audit of the processing of overcharge cases….
New DHCR Policy Discourages Tenant Service Complaints
Governor Pataki’s Division of Housing and Community Renewal has found a way to curb tenants from filing complaints of a….
Bruno Blasts Off Against Tenants
New York City tenants last month witnessed the first bloody battle in the war over the fate of rent control….
RICO Lawsuit Against Apthorp Landlords Heard
A federal judge has told the tenant of a landmark Upper West Side apartment building to come back with a….
Giuliani Landlord Pal Pleads Guilty
William W. Koeppel, a Manhattan landlord and fund-raiser for Mayor Rudolph Giuliani and other Republican candidates, pleaded guilty Nov. 22….
Landlords Bribe City Collectors for Tax Breaks
The New York City Department of Investigation and the FBI announced on November 22 that at least 200 landlords had….
Anti-Tenant Queens Judge to Step Down
Housing Court Judge Emanuel Haber, who Tenant reported in September was fighting to keep his $95,000 a year helping landlords….
Deadbeat Landlord Housing Head Quits; Former HPD Head May Get Post
George Pataki’s housing commissioner and former election campaign chief, Joseph Holland, resigned on October 10 under a mountain of….
Review: Lenders and Landlords A Guide to Tenant Organizing in Financially Distressed Housing
Tenant organizing has been languishing for many years. That’s why it was such a pleasure to read a new organizing….
Landlord MBR Lawsuit Dismissed Substantial Victory and Relief for Rent Controlled Tenants
A judge in the New York State Supreme Court in Albany has dismissed the real estate industry’s attempt to increase….
Study Says New York Has Costliest Rents in the Nation
Renters have more trouble finding a home they can afford in New York State than anywhere else in the nation,….
Tenants Win $137,000 Overcharge Award
After eight years of struggle with both their landlord and the state Division of Housing and Community Renewal, David and….
Albany Republicans Try to Gut Overcharge Victory
Albany Republicans Try to GutOvercharge Victory In December 1994, Housing Court Judge Howard Malatzky ruled that Simon Pilkes, a Manhattan….
Albany Republicans Try to Gut Overcharge Victory
Albany Republicans Try to GutOvercharge Victory In December 1994, Housing Court Judge Howard Malatzky ruled that Simon Pilkes, a Manhattan….