Landlords plea for water rate freeze ahead of vote
New York City landlords are hoping to avoid taking a bath on their water bills. As the city’s Water...
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WATCH: Is Kathryn Garcia the right candidate for real estate?
With less than a month until the Democratic primary, former sanitation commissioner Kathryn Garcia has moved up to third...
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The curious case of the vanishing attorney
The spin class at the New York Sports Club near City Hall was a popular lunchtime workout for landlords and real estate attorneys. They would go for the intense instructor, Mitch Kossoff, a spinning...
Landlords seek up to 5% rent hike on stabilized apartments
A landlord can dream, right? After a year of rent freezes, owners are calling for an increase of up...
Lawsuit accusing Vincent Viola of violating rent laws can proceed
Tenants at 2 Pierrepont Street, a Brooklyn Heights rental building, filed a lawsuit against billionaire businessman Vincent Viola last...
Clipper Equity sued — again — over building receiving 421g tax break
In June 2019, a judge ruled in favor of tenants at two Lower Manhattan buildings, finding that their apartments...
“Absolute craziness”: Critics slam bill requiring sprinklers in every apartment
Following a number of fatal fires, including a Bronx blaze that killed a dozen people in 2017, the City...
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...