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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.
New York State Eviction Moratorium on COVID-Related Residential Evictions and Foreclosure Proceedings Ends January 15, 2022
Governor Kathy Hochul is allowing the Eviction Moratorium to expire on January 15,2022. This moratorium has prevented residential evictions and foreclosure actions to proceed during the COVID-19 pandemic.
THE APPELLATE TERM REVERSES TRIAL COURT’S VACATURE OF STIPULATION OF SETTLMENT “INADVISEDLY” ENTERED INTO BY OCCUPANT OF RENT STABILIZED APARTMENT
DNCT represented a landlord in a holdover proceeding commenced to recover possession of a rent-stabilized apartment on the ground that the tenant of record was not using the apartment as her primary residence. The tenant never appeared, but the occupant appeared by counsel and asserted her right to succeed to the tenancy as a nontraditional family member.
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