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    Mapping the New Senate, Assembly & Congressional Districts

    CityLaw  •  Redistricting  •  Statewide

    Credit: CityLaw

    New York State in 2021 must redraw the State’s senate, assembly and congressional districts. The process will be different from the process used to draw legislative and congressional district lines in the past. Previously, the State legislature redrew the districts for its own members and for the State’s congressional members.  After years of efforts to reform a process seen as too self-interested, New York State voters in 2014 approved an amendment to the State constitution that created a  new Redistricting Commission that will propose new district lines to the legislature. The legislature still gets the last word, but the commission process opens the redistricting process up, provides an outside entity to act as the initial proposer, and adds guidelines for map design for fairness. (more…)

    Tags : census, CityLaw, redistricting
    Date: 07/01/2020
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    UPDATED: Mayor’s Office Outlines Further Guidance as City Enters Phase One Reopening

    Mayor  •  COVID-19  •  Citywide

    Mayor Bill de Blasio outlines NYC’s Phase One guidelines on May 28, 2020. Image Credit: Ed Reed/Mayoral Photography Office

    Starting June 8th, retail, manufacturing, construction and other industries can resume operations with restrictions. On May 28, 2020, Mayor Bill de Blasio laid out the additional guidance for industries that will be allowed to reopen under Phase One of the State’s reopening plan, NY Forward. While other parts of the state have already been allowed to reopen, New York City has remained shut down to reduce the spread of COVID-19. As the number of positive COVID cases, hospitalizations, and patients in the ICU continues to decline, the City is expected to reach the target thresholds to reopen June 8th. (more…)

    Tags : businesses, coronavirus, COVID-19, NY Forward, reopening
    Date: 06/08/2020
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    Governor Cuomo Extends Eviction Moratorium Through August

    Governor  •  COVID-19  •  Statewide

    Governor Andrew M. Cuomo delivers briefing on Coronavirus pandemic. Image Credit: Governor’s Office

    Advocates and industry leaders calling for more protections and more action from Governor. On May 7, 2020, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo issued Executive Order No. 202.28, extending the eviction moratorium through August 20, 2020. The moratorium prevents the filing of eviction proceedings against both residential and commercial tenants. The original eviction moratorium, came by way of Chief Administrative Judge Lawrence K. Marks on March 15, 2020, and was reinforced by Governor Cuomo’s Executive Order No. 202.8, on March 20, 2020. The March 20 order extended the eviction moratorium through June 20, 2020. Read CityLand’s initial coverage of the eviction moratorium here.

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    Tags : Adriene Holder, Belkin Burden, COVID-19, Eviction Moratorium, Governor Andrew Cuomo, James Whelan, REBNY, Sherwin Belkin
    Date: 05/11/2020
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    Council Committees Consider Two COVID-19 Tenant Protection Bills

    City Council  •  Housing  •  Citywide

    Council Speaker Corey Johnson, Council Member Robert Cornegy, and Council Member Andrew Cohen at the April 28th Committee public hearing held through Zoom./Image Credit: City Council

    Testimonies at the public hearing revealed concerns about the two bills and their impact on the City’s tenants and landlords. On April 28, 2020, the City Council Committee on Housing and Buildings, and Committee on Consumer Affairs and Business Licensing held a joint public hearing on two bills that will provide protection to residential and commercial tenants who are financially impacted by COVID-19. Introduction 1912, sponsored by Council Speaker Corey Johnson, will prohibit court marshals and sheriffs from enforcing evictions and collecting debt for one month after the federal and state moratoriums on evictions are lifted. Introduction 1936, sponsored by Council Member Ritchie Torres, will make it illegal to harass a tenant based on how they were impacted by COVID-19. The bills were proposed to provide financial relief to tenants who have faced COVID-19 related economic losses and to prevent an increase of homelessness and displacement after eviction moratoriums are lifted.

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    Tags : City Council, Council Member Andrew Cohen, Council Member Corey Johnson, Council Member Ritchie Torres, Council Member Robert Cornegy, COVID-19, housing, New York City Commission on Human Rights, tenants
    Date: 05/06/2020
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    REBNY Challenges Department of State’s Memo Prohibiting Broker’s Fees

    Article 78  •  Broker's Fees  •  Statewide

    Screen Shot of Department of State’s Rent Law Memorandum. Click the image to view the full memorandum.

    Real estate community in state of confusion over 2019 Rent laws. On February 10, 2020, the Real Estate Board of New York Inc. (“REBNY’”), the New York State Associations of Realtors (“NYSAR”) and a host of residential real estate brokerages were granted a temporary restraining order, blocking the New York State Department of State’s guidance on broker commissions. The TRO comes in conjunction with their Article 78 filing seeking to invalidate the memorandum’s entire section prohibiting landlord’s brokers from collecting commissions from prospective tenants.

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    Tags : Article 78, Department of State, Governor Andrew Cuomo, REBNY, Rent Law
    Date: 02/13/2020
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