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    HPD Seeks Enhanced Enforcement Against City’s Worst Buildings

    Tenant Harassment  •  Citywide

    HPD ramps up enforcement against landlords with multiple violations. Image Credit: NYC HPD

    HPD picked 250 buildings with over 41,000 violations for enhanced enforcement. In 2019, the New York City Department of Housing Preservation and Development (HPD) launched the Anti-Harassment Unit (AHU) to keep tenants safe and to hold owners and landlords accountable for leaving homes in disrepair. On March 4, 2020, HPD announced that the AHU filed actions for nearly $400,000 against two building owners in court. Each building owner operates three buildings in Manhattan and the Bronx. (read more…)

    Tags : building violations, HPD, landlord tenant law, safety violations, Tenant Harassment
    Date:03/27/2020
    Category : Department of Housing Preservation & Development
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    Mayor’s Office Expands Free Legal Help to Fight Evictions

    Tenant Rights  •  Citywide

    Council Members Vanessa Gibson and Mark Levine and activists celebrate the anniversary of the passage of the Right to Counsel bill in September 2018. The program will now be expanding to include more ZIP codes. Image Credit: Official NYC Council Photo by William Alatriste

    The expansion provides free legal assistance for tenants in five additional ZIP codes. On December 13, 2019, the Mayor’s Office announced an expansion of the Right to Counsel program that provides free legal assistance to New Yorkers fighting eviction. The Right to Counsel program, implemented by a ZIP code by ZIP code approach, will be expanded to five more ZIP codes across the City. (read more…)

    Tags : evictions, housing court, Right to Counsel, Tenant Harassment, Tenant Rights
    Date:12/19/2019
    Category : Mayor
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    Pilot Program Will Require Certification of No Harassment Before Approval of Construction Permits

      •  Citywide

    Building owners denied certification may not significantly alter their buildings for five years. On October 12, 2018, the de Blasio Administration announced the application of the Certification of No Harassment (CONH) Pilot Program, which seeks to expand tenant harassment protections. The program will require buildings to meet certain criteria to certify that no previous tenant-harassment has occurred prior to obtaining construction permits for significant alterations to their property. CONH currently applies to more than 1,000 buildings, totaling to approximately 26,000 units protected under the program. (read more…)

    Tags : Buildings, certification, Certification of No Harrassment, CONH, construction permit, DOB, HPD, pilot program, Tenant Harassment
    Date:10/24/2018
    Category : Housing Preservation & Development, Mayor
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    Schneiderman Announces Sentencing of Harassing Manhattan Landlord

    Tenant Harassment  •  Manhattan

    New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman speaking at New York Law School. Image credit: CityLaw

    Schneiderman announces one-year jail sentence and $5 million settlement with major New York City landlord who fraudulently refinanced loans and committed tax fraud. On October 3, 2017, New York State Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman announced the sentencing of landlord Steven Croman who owns more than 140 apartment buildings across Manhattan. In June 2017, Croman pleaded guilty to Grand Larceny in the Third, Falsifying Business Records in the First Degree and Criminal Tax Fraud in the Fourth Degree. Croman was sentenced to serve one year at Rikers Island. As part of his guilty plea, Croman also agreed to a $5 million tax settlement with the State. (read more…)

    Tags : Attorney General Eric Schneiderman, Steven Croman, Tenant Harassment, Tenant Harassment Prevention Task Force
    Date:10/11/2017
    Category : NY Attorney General
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    Nazi Regalia in Condo Lobby to be Investigated by the City’s Human Rights Commission

    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. (read more…)

    Tags : Council Member Jimmy Van Bramer, Nazi, Tenant Harassment
    Date:09/05/2017
    Category : Commission on Human Rights
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    Schneiderman Announces New Legislation to Criminalize Tenant Harassment

    Tenant Harassment  •  Statewide

    New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman speaking at New York Law School. Image credit: CityLaw

    Attorney General Schneiderman announces new legislation to crack down on rent regulated tenant harassment. On May 24, 2017, New York State Attorney General Eric. T. Schneiderman introduced the Tenant Protection Act of 2017. The new legislation is aimed at providing a criminal crack down landlords who harass their tenants. The legislation will be sponsored by Senator Liz Krueger and Assembly Member Joseph Lentol, and is another step in the Attorney General’s work regarding this topic. (read more…)

    Tags : Assembly Member Joseph Lentol, Attorney General Eric Schneiderman, Senator Liz Krueger, Tenant Harassment
    Date:05/29/2017
    Category : NY Attorney General
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