The DHCR recently issued new procedural guidance for in-person visits to the Office of Rent Administration (ORA) Borough and District Rent Offices. Here are the details:
Mayor Bill de Blasio recently signed a bill on reporting of short-term rental data. The bill defined which short-term rental transactions through platforms such as Airbnb have to be reported to the Office of Special Enforcement.
Proposed legislation recently introduced by New York State Senator Zellnor Myrie would prevent all eviction and foreclosure filings for commercial and residential tenants until a year after any part of Governor Andrew Cuomo’s statewide disaster emergency is still in place. The legislation...
On May 28, the State Senate and Assembly voted to approve a bill to create a $100 million fund to pay rents for people who have lost income because of the COVID-19 crisis. The Emergency Rent Relief Act of 2020 passed the Senate by a vote of 61-0 and the Assembly by a 98-45 margin. It now heads...
On May 26, 2020, Mayor Bill de Blasio signed a package of COVID-19 relief bills into law during New York City’s first ever virtual bill signing. One bill, Intro. 1936-A, expands the definition of “tenant harassment” to protect tenants from threats based on status as an...
For the fourth year in a row, New York Apartment Law Insider has been recognized by the Specialized Information Publishers Association as one of the best business newsletters published today. Also among the top three newsletters awarded was the Insider's sister publication...
The Office of Administrative Trials and Hearings (OATH) is New York City’s central independent administrative law court. The OATH Hearings Division is responsible for holding hearings on summonses issued by a variety of agencies for alleged quality-of-life violations. It adjudicates...
On April 28, 2020, the City Council Committee on Housing and Buildings and Committee on Consumer Affairs and Business Licensing held a joint public hearing on two bills that would provide protection to residential and commercial tenants who are financially impacted by COVID-19.
The Insider recently spoke with Phyllis Weisberg, partner at Armstrong Teasdale, about New York’s Shared Work Program and how it could help ease building staff costs during the COVID-19 health crisis.
On March 27, Mayor de Blasio called for a rent freeze for 2.3 million tenants in nearly 1 million rent-stabilized units across the city amid the COVID-19 epidemic.
Elected local officials and community housing advocates are applying pressure and calling for actions to address COVID-19’s economic fallout for tenants for New York City. Here are three such proposals:
On March 27, Governor Cuomo announced a New York State fine would take effect on March 31. According to new DOB protocols, project teams in New York City may be fined up to $10,000 if found working on non-essential or non-emergency construction—or if workers on projects that are allowed to...
