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New York City Landlord Tenant News

New York City (NYC) Landlord and Tenant News from the New York Times.

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Last Entry: March 29, 2011 at 01:00:00

Big Landlord Found to Have Wrongly Raised Rents

Posted on March 06, 2009

Business Tenants? New Worry: Could the Landlord Go Under?

Posted on March 03, 2009

As the Homeless Move In, Some Paying Tenants Question a City Program

Posted on March 03, 2009

Manhattan Towers Gather Their Own Heat, for Power

Posted on February 24, 2009
A way of recycling wasted heat is gaining popularity in a few big Manhattan buildings, which are building cogeneration plants.

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Q & A

Posted on February 22, 2009
The Task of Removing Co-op Board Members

Trying to Understand Two Bronx Juries? Opposite Verdicts on a Fatal Fire

Posted on February 21, 2009
When contradictory verdicts are handed down the discrepancy points to an uncomfortable reality: jurors sometimes follow their hearts as much as the law.

Judge Upholds City Ban on Section 8 Rent Bias

Posted on February 20, 2009
A law that makes it illegal for landlords to discriminate against tenants who receive government subsidies has passed its first major legal test.

Tenants Call Landlord Expenses Exaggerated

Posted on February 16, 2009
Landlords of rent-regulated apartments have been abusing a rule that allows them to raise rents after making improvements to vacant homes, according to a report.

State Freezes Plan to Have Tenants Pay Electric Bills

Posted on February 15, 2009
A landlord?s plan to have hundreds of tenants pay for their own electricity at an apartment complex on Roosevelt Island has been put on hold by a state utility commission.

Q & A

Posted on February 15, 2009
When Values Drop, But Taxes Don't

Q & A

Posted on February 08, 2009
Dealing With Noisy Neighbors

Assembly Passes Rent-Regulation Revisions Opposed by Landlords

Posted on February 02, 2009
The Democratic-led Assembly passed legislation designed to re-regulate tens of thousands of units that were converted to market rate in recent years.

Q & A

Posted on February 01, 2009
Seeking to Inherit Rent-Controlled Status

Recession Has Landlords of Retail Tenants Extending Discounts of Their Own

Posted on January 31, 2009
Some small businesses are finding a silver lining in the recessionary clouds: they suddenly have leverage with their landlords.

In Midtown, the Return of a Barfly?s Paradise

Posted on January 26, 2009
The Holland Bar, a tiny dive on Ninth Avenue in Hell?s Kitchen, is back in business after plans to sell the building or convert it to residential space fell through.

Encouraged to Socialize, but Not to Criticize, Ex-Tenants Say

Posted on January 25, 2009
A former tenant of an apartment complex whose trademark was its sense of community and fun was surprised when the real estate company declined to renew his lease.

Q&A

Posted on January 11, 2009
Some Co-op Owners Get Special Benefits

Q&A

Posted on January 05, 2009
When Other Units Rent for Less

Q&A

Posted on December 29, 2008
When Apartment Noise Becomes Excessive

Holding On at Building Stripped to Timbers

Posted on December 17, 2008
a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/12/06/nyregion/06about.html?partner=rssnytemc=rss"img src="http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/2008/12/06/nyregion/about_75.jpg" border="0" height="75" width="75" hspace="4" align="left"/aIt is hard to walk through the building at 452 Fort Washington Avenue in Upper Manhattan and not catch a whiff of madness.

QA

Posted on December 17, 2008
Bathroom Renovations Can Turn Complex

Q A; Prospective Buyers Seek Information on a Co-op

Posted on December 17, 2008
Q We're interested in buying a co-op. How can we familiarize ourselves with the building's rules and records before making the seller an offer? Are the building's rules accessible to any inquirer? A ''This letter touches on a very sensitive issue involving the prerogatives of co-op boards,'' said Andrew S...

Eviction Anxiety Rattles a Formerly Subsidized Upper Manhattan Building

Posted on December 17, 2008
a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/16/nyregion/16building.html?partner=rssnytemc=rss"img src="http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/2008/10/16/nyregion/16building.75.jpg" border="0" height="75" width="75" hspace="4" align="left"/aHundreds of residents at 3333 Broadway say the new owner is systematically harassing them in hopes of replacing them with higher-paying tenants.

Mystery Man

Posted on December 17, 2008
a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/12/nyregion/thecity/12neig.html?partner=rssnytemc=rss"img src="http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/2008/10/12/nyregion/thecity/12neig.75.jpg" border="0" height="75" width="75" hspace="4" align="left"/aShe pictured her neighbor a tall, dark stranger with a taste for serious reading matter...

Applications and Identity Theft

Posted on December 17, 2008
a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/25/garden/25fix.html?partner=rssnytemc=rss"img src="http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/2008/09/24/garden/28fix-75.jpg" border="0" height="75" width="75" hspace="4" align="left"/aWhat safeguards are in place to protect personal data once it has been disclosed on a co-op, condo or rental application?

Will Hallway Improvements Lead to a Rent Increase?

Posted on December 17, 2008
Will Hallway Improvements.

Accessible Homes? Not Really, Say Disabled Residents

Posted on December 17, 2008
a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/25/nyregion/25handicap.html?partner=rssnytemc=rss"img src="http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/2008/08/25/nyregion/25handi.751.jpg" border="0" height="75" width="75" hspace="4" align="left"/aDevelopers and landlords in New York City may have to spend millions of dollars to renovate thousands of apartments to comply with federal housing laws.

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