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    Jackie Bray Appointed as Director of Mayor’s Office to Protect Tenants

    Mayor's Office to Protect Tenants  •  Appointment  •  Citywide

    Jackie Bray is the new Director of the Mayor’s Office to Protect Tenants. Image Credit: NYC Mayor’s Office

    The Office develops policy to strengthen tenant protections. On April 15, 2019, the Mayor’s Office announced First Deputy Commissioner at the New York City Department of Homeless Services Jackie Bray will serve as Director of the Office to Protect Tenants to address the City’s “anti-harassment initiatives, enhance interagency enforcement and closely engage with tenants and advocates.” (more…)

    Tags : Jackie Bray, Mayor's Office to Protect Tenants, tenant protection
    Date: 05/01/2019
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    Attorney General James Partners with City and State Agencies to Prevent Evictions of Rent-Stabilized Tenants in East Village

    NY Attorney General  •  Evictions  •  Citywide

    City and state officials are concerned that a bankruptcy suit involving 444 East 13th Street will lead to bad precedent undermining rent stabilization laws. (Image Credit: Google Maps)

    Government officials fear bad precedent could make it easier for landlords to bypass rent stabilization laws. On March 13, 2019, New York Attorney General Letitia James, the New York State Division of Housing and Community Renewal (NYSHCR) and the New York City Department of Housing Preservation and Development (HPD) announced that the State and City moved to join in an action in United States Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York as part of a fight to protect tenants in rent-stabilized apartments. The owner of 444 East 13th Street, in the East Village section of Manhattan, applied to reject tenants’ leases. (more…)

    Tags : Attorney General Letitia James, Bankruptcy, Department of Housing Preservation and Development, HPD, New York State Division of Housing and Community Renewal, NYSHCR, Rent Stabilization
    Date: 03/21/2019
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    The Right To Counsel For Tenants Who Face Eviction

    CityLaw  •  Andrew Scherer

    Photo Credit: Jeff Hopkins.

    On August 11, 2017, New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio signed legislation, the first of its kind in the nation, which guarantees legal representation for low-income tenants who face eviction. The new law has two major innovations with respect to eviction petitions brought in Housing Court. (more…)

    Tags : housing, housing court, Right to Counsel, tenants
    Date: 02/20/2018
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    Nazi Regalia in Condo Lobby to be Investigated by the City’s Human Rights Commission

    Commission on Human Rights  •  Harassment  •  Sunnyside, Queens

    Lobby at 47-55 39th Place in Sunnyside, Queens. Image credit: Office of Majority Leader Jimmy Van Bramer

    City will investigate property manager who decorated condo lobby with Nazi and other fascist regalia. On August 29, 2017, the City’s Commission on Human Rights announced that it had launched an investigation into the claims of tenant harassment at 47-55 39th Place in the Sunnyside neighborhood of Queens. The investigation stems from the display of Nazi and Confederate imagery, swastikas and other hate symbols in the lobby. Tenants, condo owners and Majority Leader Jimmy Van Bramer have all alleged tenant harassment by the manager, Neal Milano, in connection to the offensive displays in the common area lobby. The lobby is also plastered with hyper-patriotic posters supporting Trump and the NRA. Other posters include, but are not limited to, Lincoln, Mount Rushmore, and Uncle Sam. (more…)

    Tags : Council Member Jimmy Van Bramer, Nazi, Tenant Harassment
    Date: 09/05/2017
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    Variances Amended To Permit Transfer of Development Rights

    Board of Standards & Appeals  •  Variance  •  Chelsea, Manhattan
    Howard Goldman testifies before the Board of Standards and Appeals. Image credit: BSA

    Howard Goldman testifies before the Board of Standards and Appeals. Image credit: BSA

    BSA found development value of subject lots could not be previously realized.  On December 16, 2014 the Board of Standards and Appeals voted to grant the applicants, West 29th Street Owner’s Corp. and The Flower House Condominium, an amendment of previously existing variances on two lots.  The amendment is required to merge the lots into one zoning lot and transfer their development rights to an as-of-right hotel in development on an adjacent site.  The subject lots are Lot 7502 on 111-113 West 28th Street and Lot 49 on 114-120 West 29th Street, between Sixth and Seventh Avenues.

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    Tags : Board of Standards & Appeals, Chelsea, Goldman Harris, Howard Goldman, Manhattan Community Board 5
    Date: 01/29/2015
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