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Eight of Kushner’s Manhattan buildings are illegally occupied, Ritchie Torres investigation finds
UPDATED, March 20, 12:20 p.m.: The Kushner family real estate company is operating eight East Village rental buildings illegally, Bronx Councilmember Ritchie Torres alleged at...
“At best it’s sloppiness”: Torres proposes bill to crackdown on landlords who don’t disclose rent-stabilized tenants on permits
A new bill seeks to crack down on landlords who falsely claim that their properties have no rent-regulated units, an offense that goes far...
Torres calls for a probe into city’s $1.5B in unpaid fines
After a report about the city being owed $1.5 billion in unpaid fines, one official is calling for a...
Council moves forward with proposal to curb self-storage development
A City Council committee on Thursday paved the way a proposal to limit new self-storage development in large swaths...
Majority of City Council speaker candidates back commercial rent control
There’s a good chance the next City Council speaker could be a strong advocate for retail rent control. Six...
Bill would extend hotel-to-condo
conversion ban
The city is likely to renew a law that limits the conversion of certain hotels into condos or rentals....
conversion ban
City Council passes bills to regulate three-quarter houses
The City Council passed a package of bills Wednesday afternoon aimed at curbing abuses at so-called “three-quarter houses,” which...
Council considers monitoring so-called predatory landlords
The New York City Council introduced three bills Monday that aim to provide greater protection to tenants at risk...
Council member calls out NYCHA on private development plans
City Council member Ritchie Torres has criticized the New York City Housing Authority’s plan to let private developers build...