McKee's Media, 9/12/2019

ARTICLES OF INTEREST TO TENANT ADVOCATES:

OPTING INTO RENT STABILIZATION (ETPA)

Hudson Valley One: Kingston first upstate city 

to take steps to opt in to state rent stabilization 

system

WAREHOUSING and OTHER 

RESISTANCE TO NEW LAW

Georgia Kromrei: Blackstone reverses course, 

says it will rent vacant apartments at Stuy Town 

(The Real Deal)

Elizabeth Kim: Following backlash, Blackstone 

commits to renting all vacant apartments at Stuy 

Town (Gothamist)

Sabina Mollot: Landlords warn that warehousing 

could become "the new normal" (Town & Village)

Michael DeMasi: Upstate landlords organize to fight 

new rent law; 250+ landlords register for Sept. 10 

workshop; new PAC formed (Albany Business Review)

Michael DeMasi: 350+ upstate landlords attend 

workshop (Albany Business Review)

Kathryn Brenzel: Deputy Mayor Vicki Been says 2019 

rent law might have gone too far, disses bill to prohibit 

evictions without good cause (The Real Deal)

Will Bredderman: De Blasio thinks rent reforms might 

have "unintended consequences" (Crain's)

Tenants seek to join suit landlords filed against 

laws

Sarina Trangle: Tenant advocacy groups seek to join 

landlord lawsuit against New York rent control laws as 

intervenor parties (amny)

Crain's on tenant advocacy groups motion to 

intervene in landlord lawsuit against rent control laws

DHCR Goofs Then Corrects 

Michael DeMasi: State housing agency issued incorrect 

information about which landlords are subject to new rent 

law (Albany Business Review)

DHCR SUMMARY OF THE NEW RENT LAW

OTHER STATES PASSING RENT LAWS

New York Times: California rent control bill advances,

 fueled by housing crisis

TENANTS FIGHT BACK

Claudia Irizarry Aponte: Sunset Park tenants sue to 

compel restoration of building months after devastating 

fire left them homeless (The City)

https://thecity.nyc/2019/09/tenants-ousted-by-sunset-

park-blaze-fight-for-answers.html

State housing agency posts summary of new rent laws and lease rider

The New York State Division of Housing and Community Renewal (DHCR), which oversees the rent laws, has posted  on its website: 

THE NEW LEASE RIDER FOR RENT STABILIZED TENANTS.

So far, Stellar has been renewing stabilized leases using the OLD rent rider.  The new one will be binding since that goes along with the 2019 changes in the rent laws.  This rider also shows how market tenants trying to get back into rent stabilization can calculate what their stabilized rents would be.

WHEN THE RIDER MUST BE INCLUDED IN LEASES (By Oct. 24, 2019)

DHCR SUMMARY OF THE NEW RENT LAW