NYS BUDGET BILL ENACTS GOOD CAUSE EVICTION LAW AND AMENDS IAI RENT INCREASES
Rachael Doukas2024-04-23T19:17:17+00:00NYS BUDGET BILL ENACTS GOOD CAUSE EVICTION LAW AND
NEW YORK CITY COUNCIL APPROVES FAIR CHANCE FOR HOUSING ACT
Rachael Doukas2023-12-27T15:30:41+00:00NEW YORK CITY COUNCIL APPROVES FAIR CHANCE FOR HOUSING
NONPAYMENT PROCEEDINGS FAIL WITHOUT LEASE AT COMMENCEMENT OF CASE & FOR THE MONTHS CLAIMED
martin2023-10-27T16:30:05+00:00In 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
martin2023-08-29T17:22:08+00:00On 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
martin2023-08-29T17:02:26+00:00DNCT SUCCESSFULLY TERMINATED CO-OP SHAREHOLDER’S PROPRIETARY LEASE FOR OBJECTIONABLE
NEW LAW AMENDMENT UPDATE
martin2022-03-25T17:12:28+00:00Recently 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
martin2022-02-09T02:51:22+00:00On 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
martin2022-01-17T12:22:55+00:00Governor 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
martin2022-01-17T12:23:02+00:00DNCT 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.
LANDLORD RENTAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM (LRAP)
martin2021-10-07T19:04:19+00:00Starting Thursday, October 7, 2021 at 9 a.m., applications will be accepted for the Landlord Rental Assistance Program (LRAP) which provides rental assistance for landlords whose tenants are unwilling to apply for the Emergency Rental Assistance Program (ERAP), including where the tenant has left the rental property.