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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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    Housing Law and Policy in the Time of COVID-19 CLE Recap

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    Professor Andrew Scherer discussing housing law during the COVID-19 crisis. Image Credit: CityLand.

    Watch CLE HERE, Password: 8O*9^24?

    On June 1, 2020, the Center for New York City Law, the Center for Real Estate Studies and the Impact Center for Public Interest Law at New York Law School hosted a virtual CLE. The topic was “Housing Law and Policy in the Time of COVID-19.” The CLE was led by Professor Andrew Scherer. Anthony Crowell, Dean and President of New York Law School gave opening remarks. (read more…)

    Tags : advocacy, Andrew Scherer, CLE, coronavirus, COVID-19, housing, housing law, renting, tenant protections, Tenant Rights
    Date:06/01/2020
    Category : Events
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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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    Mayor’s Office Announces Launch of Ad Campaign to Promote Tenants Rights

    Tenant Rights  •  Citywide

    One of the new advertisements that are a part of a campaign by the Mayor’s office to inform tenants of their rights. Image Credit: Mayor’s Office to Protect Tenants

    de Blasio Administration educates tenants on Housing Stability and Tenant Protection Act. On October 21, 2019, Mayor Bill de Blasio announced the launch of a campaign to educate tenants on their new rights under the Housing Stability and Tenant Protection Act of 2019.  The Mayor’s Office designed the advertisements to protect tenants and give New York City renters the information they need to hold their landlords accountable. (read more…)

    Tags : affordable housing, evictions, Mayor's Office to Protect Tenants, rent regulation, Tenant Rights
    Date:11/05/2019
    Category : Mayor's Office to Protect Tenants
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    Public Advocate’s Bill Creates a Centralized Database on the City’s Landlords

    Housing  •  City Wide

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    New Yorkers will now have access to detailed information on individual landlords in the City. On December 19, 2017, Public Advocate Letitia James’s legislation to create a centralized database on New York City’s landlords was passed unanimously in the New York City Council. (read more…)

    Tags : affordable housing, Housing Preservation and Development, NYC Public Advocate Letitia James, Tenant Rights
    Date:01/18/2018
    Category : Office of the Public Advocate
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    DCA Ruled Wrong on Posting Tenants’ Rights Sign

    Tenant’s Rights  •  Queens
    Mitchell-Lama Co-op

    Image Credit: NYCourts.gov

    The Department of Consumer affairs charged a real estate broker with failing to post a sign alerting tenants of their rights. Arash Real Estate & Management Co is a residential and real estate broker located in Queens. In January 2013 the Department of Consumer Affairs charged Arash with violating the City Administrative Code by failing to post signs advising tenants of their rights to one free tenant screening report annually from each consumer reporting agency. Tenant screening reports are used primarily by residential landlords and property managers to assess the likelihood that a tenant will fulfill the terms of the lease or rental agreement. The signs alert tenants to their right to dispute inaccurate information. (read more…)

    Tags : Appellate Division Second Department, Department of Consumer Affairs, Tenant Rights
    Date:09/15/2017
    Category : Court Decisions
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