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Thursday, September 17, 2015

Fri., Sept. 18, 2015: Tenants PAC Fundraiser honoring 10 elected officials who sat in for tenants
























It's time to get Back to Work for the Future!

Come to the TENANTS PAC FUNDRAISER 

  • Friday, Sept. 18, 2015 
  • from 6:30-9 PM 
  • at Local 802, American Federation of Musicians, 
  • 322 W. 48th St. (between 8th & 9th Aves.)

Jazz!!! courtesy of Local 802.

Contribute!  

Tuesday, September 15, 2015

New case could re-regulate thousands of apartments!!

Brick Underground
ASK A RENTERS RIGHTS LAWYER FEATURED PARTNER

ATTENTION NYC RENTERS: THANKS TO A NEW RULING, YOUR APARTMENT MIGHT BE RENT-STABILIZED AFTER ALL

Friday, September 11, 2015

Stronger law on de-regulating vacant apartments

Attorney David Hershey-Webb wrote in the NY Law Journal (see below):  "The new law provides that a rent stabilized apartment cannot be deregulated unless the prior tenant's legal regulated rent is $2,700."  (That's different from the general landlord practice of taking an apartment whose rent was low and raising the price through real or claimed improvements.)
The new law supports the court decision under the previous law, Altman, decided by NY State's mid-level court.  Landlords have been trying to appeal that case, so far without success.  If the appeal is denied in Altman, the new law will certainly stand!

Thursday, September 3, 2015

Protection against landlord harassment on relocation

From NYC Council Housing Chairman Jumaane Williams:




Photo Credit: William Alatriste, NYC COUNCIL
BRONX, NYOn September 3, 2015, Mayor Bill de Blasio signed Intro. 700 into law, co-sponsored by Council Member Jumaane D. Williams (D-Brooklyn), Deputy Leader and Chair of the Council's Housing and Buildings Committeewhich is part of a Tenant Protection Package that aims to address the poor business practices of unscrupulous tenant relocation specialists, or as they are more commonly known, tenant relocatorsThe package of bills were passed by the New York City Council on August 13, 2015.