“If you love your children, leave the building”: Simon Baron accused of harassing tenant over $3.5M buyout
By Christian Bautista | April 16, 2019 08:30AM
Simon Baron Development, a prominent New York landlord and developer, allegedly threatened a rent-regulated tenant at 166 West 75th Street in the Upper West...
“If you love your children, leave the building”: Simon Baron accused of harassing tenant over $3.5M buyout
It may soon get easier to hit landlords with criminal harassment charges
TRD Staff | April 11, 2019 04:00PM
The state Senate on Wednesday approved legislation that would make it easier for rent-regulated tenants to file criminal harassment...
It may soon get easier to hit landlords with criminal harassment charges
City Council seeks to ramp up oversight of vacant property
TRD Staff | January 30, 2019 02:30PM
Six proposed bills seek to ramp up oversight of vacant property in the city, including one that would charge...
City Council seeks to ramp up oversight of vacant property
Here’s how de Blasio will “take” buildings from bad landlords
By Will Parker and Kathryn Brenzel | January 10, 2019 04:45PM
When Mayor Bill de Blasio said Thursday that he would “take” buildings from landlords who threaten the well-being of...
Here’s how de Blasio will “take” buildings from bad landlords
Money for nothing: Landlords are accused of overcharging tenants for poor renovation work, but is state law to blame?
By Will Parker and TRD Staff | December 28, 2018 05:00PM
When Clem Chan and his husband Matthew Haensly signed the lease for their Sunnyside apartment, they thought the landlord was giving them a deal....
Money for nothing: Landlords are accused of overcharging tenants for poor renovation work, but is state law to blame?
The city goes easy on bad landlords: report
TRD Staff | December 26, 2018 02:00PM
Residential landlords often get off easy for failing to provide basic services for their tenants or fix violations at their buildings. The New York Times reviewed 126 housing court cases from last year involving...
The city goes easy on bad landlords: report
Tenants at Ebbets Field Apartments blast landlord for glacial pace of elevator repairs
TRD Staff | December 21, 2018 09:45AM
Tenants at Brooklyn’s Ebbets Field Apartments tore into their landlord during the first day of testimony in a housing...
Tenants at Ebbets Field Apartments blast landlord for glacial pace of elevator repairs
National
Is WeWork getting too big for its boots as
a landlord?
TRD Staff | December 19, 2018 09:05AM
As WeWork continues to shape the face of office leasing, its recent push into real estate investment is prompting...
Is WeWork getting too big for its boots as
a landlord?
Rentlogic adds advisory board to weigh in on landlord ratings
By Will Parker | October 29, 2018 09:00AM
When Yale Fox debuted Rentlogic in 2013, the Canadian transplant wanted to give New York City renters a resource...
Rentlogic adds advisory board to weigh in on landlord ratings
Issue
This precedent-setting rent regulation case kept lawyers (and landlords) busy this year
By Rich Bockmann | October 15, 2018 03:15PM
Considering that some 1 million New York City apartments are rent-regulated, cases with the potential to impact policy in...
This precedent-setting rent regulation case kept lawyers (and landlords) busy this year
