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A recent analysis of the city’s Certificate of No Harassment pilot says it has been effective in combating some forms of landlord harassment, but that the city could do more…

BySadef Ali Kully 3Comments

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Jan 2021

Opinion: As NYCHA Rolls Out PACT Plan to Fund Repairs, Resident Engagement is Key

Engagement is the foundation for reversing a historical backlog of distrust that is stalling the agency’s current efforts not only to restore its portfolio to a state of good repair…

ByAli Sutherland-Brown 2Comments

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Dec 2020

Uncategorized

NY Lawmakers to Pass Bill to Halt Pandemic-Related Evictions Through May

The COVID-19 Emergency Eviction and Foreclosure Prevention Act would create a hardship declaration form that tenants can fill out and submit to their landlords, or to housing court, if they’ve…

BySadef Ali Kully 0Comments

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Nov 2020

Government Housing and Homelessness Opinion

Opinion: Albany Must Fix Rent Relief Program To Serve More NY Families In Need

‘The program’s eligibility requirements are so stringent that very few tenants actually end up qualifying. The state now runs the risk of losing the remaining available funds to the federal…

ByJudith Goldiner

ByEllen Davidson 1Comment

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Nov 2020

Government Housing and Homelessness

A Look at Rent Strikes in NYC, As Housing Relief Legislation Lags

Although there’s no clear data tracking the number of rent strikes taking place across the city, the advocacy coalition Housing Justice for All says they’ve become more common during the…

BySadef Ali Kully 0Comments

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Oct 2020

Opinion

Opinion: Senate Housing Chair Must Help ‘Cancel Rent’

‘Tenants are accruing debt that they will not be able to repay. The latest CDC guidance is not comprehensive or long enough and we need state leaders to act.’

ByXingJian Li 3Comments

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Oct 2020

Housing and Homelessness

In ‘Holistic’ Approach to Crime, DA Hopeful Wants to Prosecute Landlords

Diana Florence says landlords who game the rent-regulation system ought to face criminal sanctions.

ByJarrett Murphy 3Comments

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Oct 2020

Housing and Homelessness

Nearly 10K NYC Eviction Notices Filed This Summer, a 74% Drop

Tenant advocates say Gov. Cuomo’s extension of a moratorium will permit too many eviction cases to proceed through the courts.

BySadef Ali Kully 15Comments

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Sep 2020

Government Housing and Homelessness Video

Sights & Sounds: Marchers Push Assembly Speaker to Cancel Rent

But Carl Heastie says the next move in the response to the COVID-19 pandemic is the federal government’s to make.

ByJarrett Murphy 0Comments

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Sep 2020

Housing and Homelessness

Protests in Brooklyn and Across Nation in Face of Eviction Wave

According to a recent National Low Income Housing Coalition report, from 30 to 40 million renters could be at risk of eviction, including a million in New York.

BySadef Ali Kully 0Comments

City Pilot to Combat Tenant Harassment Should Be Improved and Made Permanent, Advocates Say

Opinion: As NYCHA Rolls Out PACT Plan to Fund Repairs, Resident Engagement is Key

NY Lawmakers to Pass Bill to Halt Pandemic-Related Evictions Through May

Opinion: Albany Must Fix Rent Relief Program To Serve More NY Families In Need

A Look at Rent Strikes in NYC, As Housing Relief Legislation Lags

Opinion: Senate Housing Chair Must Help ‘Cancel Rent’

In ‘Holistic’ Approach to Crime, DA Hopeful Wants to Prosecute Landlords

Nearly 10K NYC Eviction Notices Filed This Summer, a 74% Drop

Sights & Sounds: Marchers Push Assembly Speaker to Cancel Rent

Protests in Brooklyn and Across Nation in Face of Eviction Wave

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