Rent laws
New guidance will pass the cost of brokers fees onto landlords — but REBNY is already vowing to sue.
Feb 5, 2020 4:56 PM
Since the new rent laws passed on June 15th, many renters said they were being asked to pay application fees upwards of hundreds of dollars.
Sep 13, 2019 5:47 PM
The statement comes shortly after Mayor de Blasio said city officials were planning to have "some serious conversations" with Blackstone over an agreement it signed four years ago with the city to keep roughly half of the apartments at the sprawling complex affordable.
Sep 6, 2019 5:15 PM
An attorney for REBNY argued that the new law which limits application fees to no more than $20 contained "an area of debate."
Updated: Aug 15, 2019 3:37 PM
'Landlords will try to still harass tenants because it's in their interest to make a profit.'
Updated: Aug 8, 2019 1:40 PM
The passage of new rent laws casts the 2015 Stuy Town deal in a different light: The 5,000 affordable units that de Blasio spent $220 million to preserve would now remain rent-regulated regardless.
Updated: Jul 18, 2019 5:09 PM
In what was an expected challenge to the new rent laws, two landlord groups have filed a lawsuit in federal court which argues that the regulations are unconstitutional because they infringe on their property rights.
Updated: Jul 16, 2019 2:28 PM