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    Landlord loses eviction action

    Rent Stabilization

    Landlord sued to evict tenants from six-unit building in order to provide apartment for son. Shlomo Karpen owns a six-unit, rent-stabilized building in Brooklyn comprised of two rented units on the first, second and third floors. In June 2018, Karpen notified the tenants in the rented apartments that he would not renew their leases and intended to take over the apartments to make a four-bedroom apartment for his son. In October 2018, Karpen commenced an eviction proceeding against the tenants. Before the case could be completed, the State Legislature passed the Housing Stability and Tenant Protection Act of 2019, which amended Rent Stabilization Law Section 26-511(c)(9) to provide that a landlord can recover only one apartment in a building for owner occupancy and must show compelling necessity. (read more…)

    Tags : CityLaw, eviction, Rent Stabilization, tenants rights
    Date:12/04/2020
    Category : CityLaw
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    City Launches Tenant Resource Portal to Help Renters Avoid Eviction

    Tenant Resources  •  Citywide

    The front page of the new Tenant Portal, where tenants can find resources to help them stay in their homes. Image Credit: Mayor’s Office to Protect Tenants

    Tenants can answer questions on the portal to be directed to relevant resources. On August 10, 2020, Mayor Bill de Blasio announced the launch of the NYC Tenant Resource Portal, the first City-hosted online resource designed to help residential renters access free resources that assist in stabilizing housing situations and preventing evictions. (read more…)

    Tags : eviction, housing court, illegal lockouts, Mayor's Office to Protect Tenants, Tenant Rights
    Date:08/19/2020
    Category : Mayor
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    City Ejects Houseboat from Marina

    Marinas  •  Flushing Bay, Queens

    The World’s Fair Marina cannot be used for residential use. Image Credit: CityLaw

    Owner lived year-round in houseboat moored in Flushing marina which offers only seasonal permits. In 1996 George Anton purchased a medium-sized, 1971-vintage motorboat. At the time, the boat lacked an engine and was docked at the World’s Fair Marina, located in Flushing Bay. Anton and his wife converted the motorboat into a houseboat and made it their permanent home. (read more…)

    Tags : CityLaw, eviction, houseboat, marina
    Date:11/29/2019
    Category : CityLaw
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    Eviction Notice Ruled Deficient

    Reasonable Accommodation  •  Washington Heights, Manhattan

    2013 Amsterdam Avenue. Image Credit: Google Maps

    Landlord of 2013 Amsterdam Avenue served a notice of termination on disabled tenant, after the tenant engaged in a series of housing code violations. After a series of incidents, including causing instances of flooding and refusing to allow the landlord access to effect repairs, 2013 Amsterdam Avenue Housing Association served the notice of termination on its tenant Darren King. King is a paraplegic, wheelchair-bound, double-amputee. (read more…)

    Tags : eviction, landlord tenant, reasonable accommodation
    Date:11/22/2019
    Category : CityLaw
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    Renter Defeats Pet Eviction

    Pet Law  •  Mount Hope, Bronx

    280 East Burnside Avenue. Image Credit: Google Maps

    Landlord attempted to evict tenant who owned a pitbull as an emotional support animal. On December 8, 2017, a tenant moved into a rent-controlled apartment located at 280 East Burnside Avenue in the Bronx.  The tenant signed a two-year lease which contained a conspicuous provision prohibiting pets on the premises without landlord consent.  In December 2017, in an exchange of emails the tenant notified the building’s landlord that she owned a female pitbull named “Bella,” and that she was medically in need of an emotional support animal. The landlord took no action with respect to the pet until after the tenant notified the City’s Department of Housing Preservation and Development about the building’s lack of hot water and heat. (read more…)

    Tags : CityLaw, emotional support animal, eviction, pet law
    Date:07/11/2019
    Category : CityLaw
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