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New York Attorney General Letitia James recently announced agreements with an owner and a security firm over repeated violations of rent stabilization laws. The agreements resolve violations relating to the modification of a front door lock of the rent-stabilized building located in Flushing, Queens, which ultimately led to several of the building’s mostly Chinese tenants forfeiting their rent-stabilized apartments.
As part of his 2021 agenda, the governor will propose legislation codifying and extending the moratorium on COVID-related commercial evictions. Governor Cuomo will also propose legislation to codify protections the state has provided tenants by Executive Order. The State of the State proposals are the first step in defining the governor's agenda in 2021.
In his 11th State of the State address, Governor Cuomo proposed legislation that would open a five-year window for the conversion of office buildings and hotels into residential use. "The housing problem in our cities has gotten worse. But the crisis of growing vacancies in our commercial property provides an opportunity," Cuomo said. "We should convert vacant commercial space to supportive and affordable housing and we should do it now."
On Dec. 28, the New York legislature convened in a special session to extend the eviction moratorium until at least May. Governor Cuomo signed the COVID-19 Emergency Eviction and Foreclosure Prevention Act of 2020 into law, which went into effect immediately.
We previously reported that the first cycle filing window for NYC Local Law 152 of 2016, which requires the inspection of gas piping systems at least once every four years, was on Dec. 31, 2020—unless the City Council passes a bill to extend the deadline. In December, the City Council approved the proposed extension with Int. 2151-B.
Public Advocate Jumaane Williams intends to nominate tenant organizer Cea Weaver to the City Planning Commission. Williams can appoint one of the commission’s 13 seats. The planning commission oversees the city’s growth and development in the areas of housing, business, industry, transportation, recreation, culture, and health care.
As a result of Local Law 69 of 2017, apartment building owners are required to file bedbug infestation and treatment reports with HPD annually. Owners must file between Dec. 1 and Dec. 31 for the previous year from November 2019 through November 2020.
New York Attorney General Letitia James recently announced an agreement that secures more than $1 million in rent credits for harassed tenants and provides housing placements for 10 homeless families. The agreement with private equity firm Madison Realty Capital comes after Attorney General James found that the company aided and abetted tenant harassment and other fraud by notorious landlord Raphael (Rafi) Toledano.
The first cycle filing window for NYC Local Law 152 of 2016, which requires the inspection of gas piping systems at least once every four years, is coming due on Dec. 31, 2020—unless the City Council passes a bill to extend the deadline. Currently, owners of buildings in Community Districts 1, 3, and 10 in all boroughs must have their gas piping systems inspected by a Licensed Master Plumber (LMP) and the inspection certification submitted to the NYC Department of...
If you own a mixed-use building with retail tenants, you may be interested to know about a recent federal decision from the Southern District of New York. In July, two commercial landlords sued the city over laws passed to protect retail tenants during the pandemic. The federal lawsuit challenged a package of laws passed by the City Council and signed by the mayor to protect small businesses impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic.
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