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New York Attorney General Letitia James recently announced a settlement with a major New York City landlord. The agreement resolves an investigation conducted by the Office of the Attorney General’s (OAG) investigation that found that the company was not in compliance with apartment inspection, lead hazard remediation, and other key requirements of New York City’s Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention Act.
Since the Supreme Court blocked the CDC's eviction moratorium on Aug. 26, New York State has achieved the distinction of becoming the first state to sign a new eviction moratorium into law. The Supreme Court had previously limited New York State's tenant protections in the COVID-19 Emergency Eviction and Foreclosure Act by revoking the section of the bill that allowed renters to submit an affidavit or hardship declaration self-certifying their pandemic-related hardship to stop an eviction case from moving forward.
On Aug. 12, the Supreme Court granted an injunction that immediately suspended the tenant protections in the COVID-19 Emergency Eviction and Foreclosure Act, an anti-eviction law originally passed on Dec. 28, 2020, and subsequently extended. The act gave renters the opportunity to submit an affidavit or hardship declaration self-certifying the renters' pandemic-related hardship to stop an eviction case from moving forward.
The nationwide eviction moratorium had lapsed on Saturday, July 31. On Tuesday, Aug. 3, the CDC issued a new, more limited freeze that remains in effect for two months, until Oct. 3.
Program will help owners comply with the Climate Mobilization Act.
By Paula Chin, Contributing Editor
Help is on the way for NYC apartment building owners worried about the high cost of retrofits that will help them reduce their buildings’ carbon emissions and avoid fines under the city’s ambitious Climate Mobilization Act. In June, the first Property Assessed Clean Energy (PACE) loan closed in New York City, opening the way for building owners to get low-cost financing for clean-energy retrofits.
The Housing Our Neighbors With Dignity Act was recently passed by the New York State Legislature. It will allow some distressed hotels to be converted into permanent low-income housing units. Sponsored by Senate Deputy Majority Leader Michael Gianaris and Assemblymember Karines Reyes, the bill allows the state to partner with nonprofit organizations to finance the acquisition and conversion of distressed hotels and commercial office space into low-income housing.
On June 23, the Rent Guidelines Board (RGB) voted 5-4 to freeze stabilized rents for the first six months of one-year leases beginning on or after Oct. 1, 2021, then raise them 1.5 percent for the next six months. The RGB also voted to raise rents on two-year leases by 2.5 percent. The new rates take effect for leases commencing between Oct. 1, 2021, and Sept. 30, 2022.
New York State’s Office of Temporary and Disability Assistance (OTDA) recently started accepting applications for the Emergency Rental Assistance Program (ERAP). The most recent federal stimulus program has funded the program with $2.7 billion.
The Office of Temporary and Disability Assistance (OTDA) has made a new webpage live with information on the New York State rent relief program intended to prevent thousands of evictions by covering COVID-related arrears.
The DOB recently released a service update extending the energy benchmarking compliance deadline to June 1. Typically, the deadline for submitting benchmarking data for applicable buildings is May 1. According to the service update, the extension is due to a "technological deficiency."
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