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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 Buildings (DOB) by Dec. 31, 2020, or risk facing a Class 2 violation that carries a $10,000 civil penalty.
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.
Mayor Bill de Blasio recently signed into law Intro. 1339-A, which requires the Department of Social Services (DSS) to provide information to CityFHEPS rental assistance applicants about income discrimination at the time an applicant receives a “shopping letter” from DSS. CityFHEPS is a rental assistance supplement to help individuals and families find and keep housing.
New York Attorney General Letitia James recently announced agreements in four cases involving developers failing to comply with rent stabilization requirements. The 421-a program provides partial property tax exemptions to real estate developers that build qualifying new housing in New York City.
The DOB launched an online Service Levels Tracker, a new tool that allows New Yorkers to see average wait times for DOB services. While this information has been available to the public in different forms over the years, DOB’s new tracker puts it all in one location, with clear explanations of the different DOB metrics. The dashboard can be found here.
New York State’s Division of Homes and Community Renewal recently issued a report on the status of the state’s COVID-19 rent relief program. Nearly $40 million will be distributed to more than 15,000 households through the program. This includes $23.2 million already distributed and about $16.8 million in currently pending payments.
On Oct. 1, 2020, HPD announced the start of the 2020 – 2021 heat season, in which all residential building owners are required to maintain specific indoor temperatures. From Oct. 1, 2020, through May 31, 2021, building owners must maintain indoor temperatures at 68 degrees when outdoor temperatures are below 55 degrees during the daytime and a minimum of 62 degrees indoors overnight regardless of the outdoor temperature. Hot water must be provided at 120 degrees year-round.
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