rent control

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rent control

regulation by law of the rent a landlord can charge for domestic accommodation and of his right to evict tenants.
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"In the hundreds of buildings that we have investigated to date, we have never seen a scheme as blatant, willful, and egregious as this one." Rent stabilization is the largest affordable housing program in New York City and sets limits on how much landlords can legally charge tenants in rent.
Investigators slam 'Houdini' move by Kushner to make rent regulated apartments disappear
But the vast majority of them were never subject to rent stabilization, despite the specific language included in the law.
These Landlords Can Raise Rents Without Limit
Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit, which upheld the law as a legitimate exercise of state regulatory power, New York's rent stabilization scheme remains in place.
Rent control reigns: no Supreme Court review
"In 2015, when de Blasio influenced the RGB to promulgate the first-ever rent freeze in the 55-year history of rent stabilization, he told reporters that he had to raise the rents of his three tenants on top of the more than $100,000 in rents he pockets at the two private homes he owns in Park Slope to cover repairs and operating expenses.
RSA sues to overturn New York rent freeze
New York courts have determined that any apartment that was subject to Rent Stabilization at the date of the receipt of the J-51 benefits must register those units as rent stabilized.
United States : Governor Cuomo Launches Initiative to Return Thousands of New York City Apartments to Rent Regulation
While rent stabilization needs a building to have six or more residential units to come into effect for a particular building, ETPA buildings that were IMD's can have as few as three units.
Old and new Loft Law rules; what you need to know
Conducting Administrative Hearings And/Or Mediations For Petitions And Appeals Filed Under The City s Rent Stabilization And Just Cause For Eviction Ordinance Rent Stabilization And Good Cause For Eviction Ordinance; 2.
Rent Stabilization Program Hearing Examiner Services
James and Jeanne Harmon, owners of a five-story brownstone in the Central Park West Historical District, sued the city in 2008, alleging that New York Rent Stabilization Law violated their Fifth Amendment rights under the Takings Clause, which says that private property may not "be taken for public use, without just compensation."
Supreme court bounces rent regs right back into hands of the city
The legislation would include provisions that would return these units to rent stabilization, that would establish a mechanism for determining rent and overcharges and that would bring order and clarity to the owners and occupants of the 40,000 units affected by the Court of Appeals decision.
A look back at the past year
Hempstead Plaza exited the Mitchell Lama Program in November 2006 and because subject to rent stabilization as per the 1974 Emergency Tenant Protection Act (ETPA).
Michael Besen, president, along with Matthew Slonim of Besen & Associates have been retained as exclusive agent to sell Hempstead Plaza, a 237-unit apartment complex with 234 parking spaces located at 251 Jackson Street and 150 West Columbia Street Hempstead, NY 11550
Jack Freund, vice president of the Rent Stabilization Association, also recognizes that the plan gives needed support to developers.
Mayor driving developers to save the city's middle income housing
Rent stabilization often significantly diminishes a rental building's cash flow and consequently can seriously dampen its value.
Institutional money tipped to chase $5B Met complex

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