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    Mayor Signs Three Bills to Expand Protections for Workers, Consumers and Commercial Tenants

    Legislation  •  Citywide

    Mayor de Blasio signs three bills into law on September 28, 2020. Image Credit: Ed Reed/Mayoral Photography Office

    The bills help provide protections for workers amidst the ongoing pandemic and economic crisis. On September 28, 2020, Mayor Bill de Blasio signed three bills into law. This package of bills expands protections for workers, consumers, and commercial tenants by expanding the City’s paid safe and sick leave, extending protection for commercial tenants, and protecting the jobs of hotel workers. (read more…)

    Tags : bills, City Council, COVID-19, displacement, hotels, Paid Sick Leave, personal liability, tenants
    Date:10/07/2020
    Category : Mayor
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    Chief Judge Announces Revisions to Commercial and Residential Eviction Proceedings

    Eviction Proceedings  •  Statewide

    NYS Unified Court System Logo Image Credit: NY Courts

    Execution of eviction warrants paused until October. On August 12, 2020, New York State Chief Administrative Judge Lawrence K. Marks issued a memorandum revising the procedure for both residential and commercial eviction proceedings. Evictions proceedings filed after March 17, 2020, whether residential or commercial, will continue to be suspended. Eviction proceedings commenced prior to March 17, 2020, may resume with a few crucial caveats.

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    Tags : commercial evictions, COVID-19, evictions, landlords, residential evictions, tenants
    Date:08/17/2020
    Category : NYS Court System
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    Governor Cuomo Announces COVID Rent Relief Program

    Rental Assistance  •  Statewide

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

    Renters will not have to repay the rental subsidy. On July 14, 2020, Governor Andrew Cuomo announced a new statewide emergency rent assistance program for low-income families facing financial hardship as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. (read more…)

    Tags : coronavirus, COVID-19, rent relief, rental assistance, tenants
    Date:07/20/2020
    Category : Governor
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    Council Committees Consider Two COVID-19 Tenant Protection Bills

    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
    Category : City Council
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    Owner Wins Rent Stabilization Dispute

    Rent Stabilization  •  Tribeca, Manhattan

    50 Murray Street in Manhattan. Image credit: CityLaw.

    Tenants of a Tribeca high rise luxury rental building claimed protection of rent stabilization. Tenants of Tribeca House, a luxury rental residential building located at 50 Murray Street, Manhattan claimed that the owner of the building overcharged the tenants. Tribeca House, a twenty-one-story luxury loft apartment building, has 389 apartments comprised of studio, one, two, and three bedroom units. (read more…)

    Tags : 50 Murray Street, loft apartment, Real Property Tax Law, residential building, Section 421-g, tenants
    Date:08/17/2018
    Category : CityLaw
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    The Right To Counsel For Tenants Who Face Eviction

    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. (read more…)

    Tags : housing, housing court, Right to Counsel, tenants
    Date:02/20/2018
    Category : CityLaw
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