Rent Increases
July 25, 2014
On June 23, 2014, the New York City Rent Guidelines Board (RGB) issued an order—RGBO #46—setting the rent increases you may take for rent-stabilized tenants in New York City on leases beginning anytime on or after Oct. 1, 2014, through Sept. 30, 2015.
In the News
July 25, 2014
The New York City Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) announced a new program to replace as many as 200,000 inefficient toilets in up to 10,000 buildings citywide. The first phase of the program will target between 7,000 and 10,000 owners who participate in DEP’s Multifamily...
In the News
July 25, 2014
Over the past four months Manhattan market rental prices have continued to increase, reaching the highest peaks in more than five years, according to a recent Douglas Elliman report analyzing the rental market in Manhattan, Brooklyn, and Queens for June 2014. The market has tightened as a result of...
Landlord v. Tenant
July 25, 2014
Primary Residence: Tenant Must Submit to Independent Medical Exam
Landlord sued to evict rent-stabilized tenant based on nonprimary residence. Landlord claimed that tenant lived in New Jersey and sublet the apartment without landlord’s permission. Tenant claimed that he was away from the...
Feature
June 24, 2014
When it comes to apartment repairs, some tenants may be highly opinionated about all aspects of how the work should be done. In one case, an apartment needed painting and plastering, but the tenant wouldn’t allow the owner’s employees access to her apartment. She demanded that they use...
Management Basics
June 24, 2014
On June 11, Mayor de Blasio announced the start of a long-overdue security camera installation in six public housing developments around the city. Previously, de Blasio had blamed the city for the lack of security cameras in housing project buildings, calling the delay “unacceptable...
In the News
June 24, 2014
New York City’s Fire Department has started responding to all reports of gas odors that the city receives. This is a change in policy put into effect in the wake of the March 12 explosion in East Harlem that leveled two apartment buildings, killing eight people and injuring at least 70 others...
In the News
June 24, 2014
The NYU Furman Center recently released a fact brief that details characteristics about the socioeconomic and demographic characteristics of the tenants who live in stabilized housing. The brief, Profile of Rent Stabilized Units and Tenants in New York City, is an update to a 2012 Furman Center...
In the News
June 24, 2014
An owner is filing to evict a rent-stabilized tenant for beginning to rent out her fourth-floor walkup in Tribeca in September 2012. For nine months, the owner claims she rented the apartment, charging $250 per night, $1,750 per week, or $4,500 per month for a space that she rents for $1,463.79 a...
Landlord v. Tenant
June 24, 2014
Demolition: Landlord’s Demolition Application Denied
Landlord asked the DHCR for permission to terminate one rent-stabilized and four rent-controlled tenancies in order to demolish the building tenants lived in. Landlord claimed that the apartments were uninhabitable, that a new building it...
