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That new law enabling tenants to sue their landlords for harassment could be overturned. A lawsuit filed in state Supreme Court by the misleadingly-named Rent Stabilization Association and the poetically-named Prometheus Realty Corp. (because the corporation is chained to the rock of onerous regulation while tenants peck at their livers) argues that while the NYPD is free to intervene in cases of tenant harassment, it is not within the city’s power to regulate housing issues, Gotham Gazette reports. According to the Sun, the suit also maintains that it’s simply impossible for a city inspector to objectively evaluate whether "harassment" has taken place. City Council speaker Christine Quinn (pictured), a champion of the Tenant Protection Act, says that “instead of forcing us to waste taxpayer money in court, landlords should use their resources to ensure full compliance with the law.”
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So basically they want to give themselves more power to raise rents.
So basically they want to give themselves more power to raise rents.
Uh... no.
Anyway, the statement from the RSA spokesman would leave me, if I were a landlord, hoping that the suit itself does a better job of making an argument than he does when speaking to the press: "For the first time, they are making a violation something that is not objective but something that is subjective."
The problem with that is that a clear definition of harassment is well-established both in penal codes and case law in the US. The argument that it's "subjective" is baseless.
don't trust her, i warned you....
get we get rid of this annoying, sleazy, corrupt hoha already?
Christine Quim has a house in NJ, fully carpeted, I imagine..
"NY Sun had an editorial questioning why City Council Speaker Christine Quinn remains in a $1,600/month rent-stabilized apartment, when she makes $141,000/year from the City Council, owns half a $500,000 house in NJ, and her partner is a corporate lawyer enough for their combined income to probably be at least $300,000"
http://gothamist.com/2008/08/11/wellpaid_elected_leaders_in_rentsta.php
Also, "the City Council Speaker once stood with the angry masses against the West Side stadium and the Stuy Town sale. Now, she cuts back-room deals and collects hefty campaign checks from developers"
http://www.observer.com/2007/christine-quinn-real-estate-insider/
And lets not forget "Quinn Scrambles To Explain Slush Funds In Budget"
http://wcbstv.com/local/christine.quinn.budget.2.692056.html
Even though a well paid public offical owning a rent stabilized apartment is abhorrent as well as it is ridiculous, I'd do exact same thing, even with the same salary.