Airbnb experienced a tenfold increase in booking between January of 2010 and June of 2014 in NYC. This translates to big money for NYC residents who use the rental platform. Revenue by renters utilizing the site has also increased. One estimate has these numbers doubling…
They want — actually, they desperately need — gas for cooking and related reasons at their East Village apartment complex. What their landlord recently opted to give them instead was … ice cream? Yes, indeed, and a fair amount of it delivered via a Ben…
On the one hand, he made sure to deposit the rental payments dutifully made by long-time tenants of one of his many residential properties in New York City. In fact, he continued cashing those checks even months after the renters — a family of seven…
While many of us don’t think about it as often, indoor air quality can be as important to our health as outdoor air quality. Living in New York City, where the population density is extremely high, indoor air quality is a real concern. There are…
As a New York City renter, how would you feel after duly contemplating the following scenario? Years ago, your landlord took advantage of a city government benefit known in shorthand form as “J-51,” which has long entitled property owners to receive tax exemptions if they…
Over 38,000 market-rate rental units are estimated to be built in New York City by 2019. This estimate, calculated by an online real estate company called Ten-X, also claims that the majority of the newly developed apartments will be located in Queens and Brooklyn. If…
Renting or subletting an apartment unit in a co-op is often a complex process. Co-ops tend to have strict guidelines regarding sublets. Without them, they risk letting in renters who do not meet their tenant/shareholder qualifications, which are critical to maintaining the environment the co-op…
HCR (formerly known as DHCR) is the agency that has supervision over rent-stabilized and rent-controlled apartments. There are many proceedings that are handled by the HCR, including overcharge complaints, MCI applications, rent reduction applications, luxury deregulation petitions… Often (for instance in all MCI proceedings) it…
Landlord Steve Croman is facing criminal and civil suits for charges that include mortgage fraud, grand larceny, tax fraud, failure to pay a settlement to tenants and tenant harassment. At a Manhattan Supreme Court hearing on June 21, 2016, a coalition of his tenants rallied…
A warranty of habitability is assuredly a good thing for any New York City tenant with a lease. In nutshell terms, it is a protective legal tool safeguarding renters against landlord’s failure to maintain an apartment in a habitable condition. Some tenants might believe that,…
When the owner of a building with rent-stabilized tenants does a major capital improvements (MCI) he can get rent increases after filing an application with the New York State Division of Housing and Community Renewal (DHCR). MCI applications can be opposed by tenants and in…
If you occupy a rent-stabilized apartment, you understand the value of your property. Rents are high in New York, and your current rent may be the only affordable way for you to remain in your home and stay afloat financially. However, landlords of rent-stabilized apartments…
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