Wine scion bottles up apartment, to landlord’s dismay
For more than 45 years, New York wine enthusiast Peter Morrell and his wife, Cathy, rented a penthouse in...
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Supreme Court shift could favor rent law challengers
When landlord groups filed a federal lawsuit challenging New York’s rent law last year, they already had their eyes...
Proposed cost caps for MCIs deemed “lose-lose” for tenants, landlords
More than a year after New York’s rent law was overhauled, the state has proposed cost caps for renovations...
Why rent stabilization will likely never end in New York
Evidence is mounting that if the “housing emergency” used to justify rent control should end, politicians would find another...
Judge: How can rent law justify free rent for a year?
Landlords challenging New York’s rent law got a ray of hope Tuesday when a federal judge questioned how it...
Nearly 1 in 4 New Yorkers skipped rent in June: survey
Nearly 25 percent of New York City renters have yet to make rent payments in June, according to one...
Vacancy decontrol of rent-stabilized units surged 70% despite new law
Landlords managed to yank nearly 8,000 apartments out of rent regulation using high-rent vacancy decontrol last year before that...
New twist in decade-long landlord-tenant fight
After 10 years and two attempts to oust Abdelhakim Houmita from his rent-stabilized apartment, a Long Island City landlord...
This landlord’s legal win could give boost to other owners in overcharge cases
In another win for landlords, a state Supreme Court judge found that the new rent stabilization law’s rules don’t...
Landlord must fix, not raze, “deplorable” Chelsea buildings: court
A Chelsea landlord must repair three rent-stabilized buildings and pay tenants $126,000 for neglecting maintenance until they had to...