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Last year, the city’s focus on tenant harassment culminated in Mayor de Blasio signing a package of bills into law that gave sweeping protections to renters against tenant harassment and unsafe living conditions. Among the bills signed into law was one for an Office of the Tenant Advocate within the Department of Buildings that will monitor various protection plans for tenants and respond to complaints from tenants about construction problems.