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New recommendations focus on ways to address the needs of tenants living in buildings with the most chronic and severe heat issues. These options include using the 7A program, relaunching the Neighborhood Pillars program, and passing Intro. 1063-2024 of the Housing Rescue and Resident Protection Act.
Hochul spots the loophole in state housing law that leaves rent-stabilized tenants without the same protections as other renters when it comes to the return of security deposits.
Mayor Eric Adams recently announced that the city has won around $4.2 million in fines and settlements in three lawsuits against Daniel Ohebshalom and his business affiliates. The city accused Ohebshalom of making more than $300,000 in illegal hotel fees after displacing tenants in rent-stabilized apartments at his Hell's Kitchen properties, and presiding over severe housing code violations at his buildings in Washington Heights.