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Effective November 21, 2022, owners are prohibited from the continued collection and from the prospective imposition of a surcharge on a tenant for the use of a tenant-installed air conditioning unit if the tenant pays for the electric utility service. DHCR has...
After the long haul through the eviction moratorium and other pandemic-related restrictions, landlords and property owners are ready to get back on track with life as we knew it in the housing business. Unfortunately, this is not yet the case. Several moving parts...
As of this writing on Sept. 22, 2022, New York property owners and landlord advocacy organizations have five federal lawsuits awaiting decision before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit. These suits challenge 2019 state law changes that gave tenants in...
New York Gov. Kathy Hochul signed legislation on June 7, taking effect immediately, that will ease red tape for hotel owners and developers considering the conversion of underutilized, sometimes vacant hotels into affordable residential units. The bill allots $200...
New York property owners will remember the important U.S. Supreme Court case that shut down enforcement of the provision of our pandemic eviction moratorium law, the COVID-19 Emergency Eviction and Foreclosure Prevention Act of 2020 (CEEFPA), that allowed a tenant to...
The COVID-19 Emergency Eviction and Foreclosure Prevention Act of 2020 and COVID-19 Emergency Protect Our Small Business Act of 2020 have both expired on January 15, 2022. This is welcome news as both residential and commercial eviction proceedings may proceed in...
The HSTPA was signed into law during the summer of 2019 by then Governor Andrew Cuomo. Unfortunately, as the law applied to all residential apartment leases, it painted with too broad a brush and brought cooperative proprietary leases under its domain. Almost...
The Second Circuit Court of Appeals ruled on October 28, 2021 that the Federal Judge presiding over the case Melendez v. City of New York erred in dismissing the Federal Court Action brought by various landlords challenging NYC COVID Laws that adversely impacted...
Earlier this month, Local 32BJ and the Realty Advisory Board on Labor Relations, Inc. (“RAB”) entered into a memorandum of agreement ("MOA") which permits member buildings to require all of its employees be vaccinated against COVID-19. The pertinent provisions of the...
The Emergency Rental Assistance Program (ERAP) has begun distributing its funds. Please note that you must apply the funds you receive to the specific months designated by the ERAP approval email and/or the letter received with the ERAP payment. Please save this...
