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NEW YORK CITY COUNCIL APPROVES FAIR CHANCE FOR HOUSING ACT
NEW YORK CITY COUNCIL APPROVES FAIR CHANCE FOR HOUSING ACT Last week, the
NONPAYMENT PROCEEDINGS FAIL WITHOUT LEASE AT COMMENCEMENT OF CASE & FOR THE MONTHS CLAIMED
In the recent case of Fairfield Beach 9th, LLC v Shepard-Neely, 182 NYS3d 486 [App Term, 2d Dept, 2d, 11th & 13th Jud Dists 2022] the Appellate Term held that a nonpayment proceeding lies only where a "tenant has defaulted in the payment of rent, pursuant to the agreement under which the premises are held" (RPAPL 711 [2]).
NEW YORK SHORT-TERM RENTAL REGISTRATION LAW
On January 9, 2022, New York City adopted Local Law 18, also known as the Short-Term Rental Registration Law. The law (1) requires short-term rental hosts to register with the Mayor’s Office of Special Enforcement (OSE), and (2) prohibits booking service platforms (i.e. Air BNB, VRBO, etc.) from processing transactions for unregistered short-term rentals.
DNCT SUCCESSFULLY TERMINATED CO-OP SHAREHOLDER’S PROPRIETARY LEASE FOR OBJECTIONABLE CONDUCT RESULTING IN AN ORDER OF EVICTION
DNCT SUCCESSFULLY TERMINATED CO-OP SHAREHOLDER’S PROPRIETARY LEASE FOR OBJECTIONABLE CONDUCT RESULTING IN AN ORDER OF EVICTION
NEW LAW AMENDMENT UPDATE
Recently we wrote about a new law that went into effect December 21, 2021 which prohibits a landlord from including any legal fees on any correspondence to, or ledger of, a tenant unless awarded pursuant to a court order.
NEW LAW PROHIBITING LEGAL FEES TO BE CHARGED BY A LESSOR OR AGENT THEREOF: A SEEMINGLY SIMPLE LAW WHICH IS ANYTHING BUT SIMPLE
On December 21, 2021, Governor Kathy Hochul signed Senate Bill S2014 into law, amending the Administrative Code of the City of New York, the Emergency Tenant Protection Act of nineteen seventy-four, the Emergency Housing Rent Control Law and the Real Property Law purportedly to prohibit a landlord from including any legal fees on any correspondence to, or ledger of, a tenant unless awarded pursuant to a court order.
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