By rewriting the housing codes, the state has weakened the laws that protect 1 million New York tenants–and advocates say there’s not a whole lot they can do about it.

Workforce Alliance, a nationwide umbrella group and advocate.

Tenants succeed in booting a bad landlord, only to find themselves ordered to leave, too.

Electronic Benefit Transfer fees

Residents of the Pleasant East Apartments in East Harlem were happy to hear that HUD took their buildings from a negligent landlord–until they were told the complex would be destroyed.