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Despite a lawsuit from landlords and building owners, the NY Times reports, "New York City’s tenant antiharassment law, which gave renters the right to sue their landlords in Housing Court for using threats or other disruptive tactics to try to force them out, was upheld in a State Supreme Court ruling filed Wednesday." Tenants' groups said landlords in gentrifying neighborhoods would use harassment tactics to push tenants out, but landlords, in their lawsuit, claimed it was impossible for city inspectors to determine whether harassment occurred. And speaking of landlords, the city's New York City Housing Authority overcharged tenants—thanks to a computer error—and threatened them with eviction! The Legal Aid Society said of the city's oops, "This is a population that, if they’re evicted from the Housing Authority, will enter the shelter system. The Housing Authority should have systems in place to protect these families, rather than subjecting them to the risk of eviction and homelessness."
Tenant Antiharassment Law Upheld
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not exactly NY news, but it's one more reason to hate hamas terrorists and the fascists in their mid
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Bloomberg tried to veto tenant antiharassment law but was overridden by city council. one of the FEW times the city council stood up against the Mayor.
This law is bullshit. If HPD would ever, just once, fine a tenant for lying about harassment, I wouldn't have a problem with it. But as it stands, you can file false complaint after false complaint after false complaint with absolutely no consequences.
bloomberg vetoed this bill? no surprise at all, none at all. and it's about time a law like this is implemented. why it didn't happen sooner is a shocker.
the bill was signed on March 13, 2009, the bill turns harassment into a building code violation. Bloomberg was against the law but couldn't veto it since it was passed by 2/3 of the majority of city council members. Bloomberg did speak against the bill
of course he tried to veto and speak against the bill, he's got enough money he'll NEVER have to deal with the hell of NYC's landlords and renter issues.