Vantage tenants could get at least $1,000 each in settlement

Tenants who were harassed by landlord Vantage Properties will receive at least $1,000 each for “emotional hardship” as part of the $1 million settlement reached earlier this year between the company and state Attorney General Andrew Cuomo, DNAInfo reported. In total, Vantage, which was accused of threatening rent-regulated tenants with eviction, has agreed to a payment of up to $750,000 for tenants who prove they were harassed. Tenants will be able to apply for the settlement money through a claims administrator. Meanwhile, the Queens and Upper Manhattan landlord will be monitored by the Attorney General’s office over the next three years, has launched a tenants’ hotline and is in the process of starting a blog to showcase what it is doing in the neighborhood. [DNAInfo]