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A new state law requires New York City marshals to post notices of eviction to the state court website, in addition to serving them in person. Several marshals posted them…

ByPatrick Spauster 2Comments

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Oct 2024

Government Housing and Homelessness In Depth Investigations

Housing Violations in NYC Jumped 24% This Year. We Mapped Them By Neighborhood.

New York City is responding to more reports of housing code violations that threaten the health and safety of New Yorkers, but not every repair is an easy fix. Violations…

ByPatrick Spauster 8Comments

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Oct 2024

Government Housing and Homelessness NYCHA

New Bill Turns the Heat Up on NYCHA to Restore Gas Outages

Gov. Kathy Hochul recently signed a bill that pushes for quicker restoration times of “vital services,” at public housing apartments, including gas.

ByTatyana Turner 0Comments

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Sep 2024

Climate and Environment Government Housing and Homelessness Opinion

Opinion: NYC Needs Tenants’ Right to Cooling Bill to Address Extreme Heat

“Though in New York there’s a requirement for landlords to provide heating from October to May, there’s no parallel provision for cooling in the summer.”

ByIsabel Friedman

ByCaleb Smith 1Comment

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Aug 2024

Government Health Housing and Homelessness In Depth Investigations Labor

Spiking Evictions Renew Calls to Reform NYC Marshals System

Last year, marshals served more than 13,000 evictions, up from 5,000 in 2022, and just 268 in 2021, when the pandemic eviction moratorium was still in place. Over the past…

ByPatrick Spauster 6Comments

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Jul 2024

Health Housing and Homelessness In Depth

Despite New Owner’s Promised Upgrades, ‘100% Affordable’ Atlantic Yards Building Endures Hot Water Outages, Broken Door, Even Bees

Only after a local councilmember’s push did landlord Avanath meet with the tenant group at 38 Sixth Ave., but progress has come slowly, and tenants scorned a proposed partial rent…

ByNorman Oder 3Comments

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Jul 2024

Government Housing and Homelessness In Depth Investigations

Kingston Made Rent Law History Two Years Ago. That Was the Easy Part.

For tenants in the first upstate city to adopt rent stabilization, benefiting from the law’s basic protections is an uphill battle.

ByEmma Whitford

BySam Mellins 1Comment

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Jun 2024

Government Housing and Homelessness In Depth

City Moves to Resurrect Tax Breaks for Renovations, But Housing Stakeholders Are Split

The city’s lawmakers and housing agency seem poised to reintroduce and pass a more affordability-focused J-51 tax program to help fix up apartments—but some housing stakeholders are lukewarm on the…

ByChris Janaro 0Comments

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May 2024

Housing and Homelessness NYCHA Opinion

Opinion: New York’s Legislature Must Act to Address Utility Outages in NYCHA

“The warranty of habitability is implied in all New York residential leases, which means that all landlords—including NYCHA—are responsible for making sure apartments are livable and safe, and prolonged gas,…

ByStephen Kpundeh

ByJanhavi Nemawarkar 0Comments

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May 2024

Government Housing and Homelessness Justice Opinion

Opinion: Bias Fuels Source of Income Discrimination

“…much of the documented illegal discrimination is based on fears, bias, and stereotypes about the people who possess the rental subsidies and has less to do with the structure of…

ByFred Freiberg 0Comments

In Early Weeks, New Online Notice of Eviction Rule for City Marshals is Inconsistently Enforced