A New York State appellate court said no to an Upper West Side SRO hotel that claimed it was exempt….
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Construction Workers Prominent at Housing Protest
Chanting “Get up, get down, New York’s a union town” while being dusted with a cold drizzle, several hundred people….
Grand Concourse Tenants Go on Rent Strike
Tenants at 888 Grand Concourse in the Bronx went on rent strike Feb. 1, after years of problems with broken….
Stringer Says City Could Use Hundreds of Vacant Lots for Housing
The city of New York owns more than 1,100 vacant lots that could be used to build “thousands of units”….
421-a Program Expires
The 421-a housing construction subsidy, which gave an estimated $1.1 billion a year in tax breaks to developers who built….
Iniciativa de ‘nueva reglamentación’ deja la ejecución en manos de inquilinos
El gobernador Andrew Cuomo ha prometido una “importante iniciativa para devolver a la regulación de alquileres hasta 50,000 apartamentos ilegalmente….
‘Reregulation’ Initiative Leaves Enforcement in Tenants’ Hands
Gov. Andrew Cuomo has pledged a “major initiative to return up to 50,000 illegally deregulated apartments to rent regulation,” but….
El plan de ética del gobernador: no basta con dos de tres
En los últimos tres años, fiscales federales en los Distritos del Sur y Este de Nueva York (que abarcan la….
Governor’s Ethics Plan: Two Out of Three’s Not Enough
In the last three years, federal prosecutors in the Southern and Eastern Districts of New York (covering New York City,….
James Names ‘100 Worst Landlords’
A man whose 11 Bronx buildings average more than 200 violations each topped the 2015 Worst Landlords Watchlist, released Nov…..
Aggravated by Construction, Tenants Speak Out
Two bills that would double the fines on landlords for illegal construction are now before the City Council. Intended to….
‘They Came in Like the Gestapo’ Tenant Organizer Janice Walcott Has Seen—And Fought—It All
The tenants at the Allerton Coops in the Bronx now have the worst landlord of the six or seven the….
Labor-Church Coalition Announces $300M Housing Plan
Can an alliance of carpenters and churches help solve New York City’s housing crisis? That was the hope expressed at….
Cómo lidiar con la Corte de Vivienda sin abogado
En 2014, pasé seis meses yendo una y otra vez a la Corte de Vivienda en Manhattan, defendiendo mi apartamento….
How to Handle Housing Court Without a Lawyer
In 2014, I spent six months in and out of Manhattan Housing Court defending my apartment in Chinatown on a….