City Council proposing 18 bills to crack down on landlords

NY TIMES: 18 Bills with One Goal: Cracking Down on Predatory Landlords

By Grace Ashford and Kim Barker

Nov. 28, 2018

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The City Council speaker is introducing a raft of bills on Wednesday aimed at stopping landlords from harassing rent-regulated tenants to force them out of their apartments.

The speaker, Corey Johnson, said the package of 18 bills is intended to close loopholes and address abusive practices identified in The New York Times’s recent series, “Unsheltered,” which showed how some large landlords exploit New York’s fragmented regulatory system to push apartments out of regulation.