Ritchie Torres

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...

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...

After a report about the city being owed $1.5 billion in unpaid fines, one official is calling for a probe. Council member Ritchie Torres...

A City Council committee on Thursday paved the way a proposal to limit new self-storage development in large swaths of the city’s industrial neighborhoods....

There’s a good chance the next City Council speaker could be a strong advocate for retail rent control. Six out of the eight candidates...

The city is likely to renew a law that limits the conversion of certain hotels into condos or rentals. A majority of the City...

The City Council passed a package of bills Wednesday afternoon aimed at curbing abuses at so-called “three-quarter houses,” which are unregulated boarding houses critics...

The New York City Council introduced three bills Monday that aim to provide greater protection to tenants at risk of being illegally evicted. The...

City Council member Ritchie Torres has criticized the New York City Housing Authority’s plan to let private developers build apartments on city land as...

The New York City Housing Authority could sell public housing land in order to raise funds for the troubled agency. NYCHA general manager Michael...

Eighteen members of the City Council yesterday sent a joint letter to Mayor Bill de Blasio urging him to set aside more than 2,500 units...

City officials have banded together in a bid to stop property developers from using large amounts of leverage to purchase affordable housing units in...

City Council members Ritchie Torres and Antonio Reynoso are set to unveil a bill today that would enact harsher penalties for some of the...

Ritchie Torres, a City Council member in the Bronx and chair of the Public Housing Committee, is set to unveil a $520 million plan...

Some politicians are pushing for more security features and police officers at public housing projects after a news report revealed an alarming spike in...