Sign up for “THE CITY Scoop,” our daily newsletter where we send you stories like this first thing in the morning. Elderly tenants being pushed out of a Manhattan senior citizens residence called foul Wednesday on a homeless charity that contends it has no choice but to make them homeless. Homes for the Homeless told […]
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Manhattan Seniors Pushed Out as Building Goes Up for Sale
Sign up for “THE CITY Scoop,” our daily newsletter where we send you stories like this first thing in the morning. Dozens of elderly tenants in Hell’s Kitchen may soon be facing homelessness after management announced their building will be sold in the new year. The 31 residents at Riverview Senior Independent Living on West […]
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Tenants Pressured to Pay Cash Up Front Despite New Rent Law’s Limits
Sign up for “THE CITY Scoop,” our daily newsletter where we send you stories like this first thing in the morning. New York’s new rent law, signed in June, bars landlords from collecting more than one month’s security deposit from prospective tenants. But that hasn’t stopped brokers and property owners from demanding larger sums from […]
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Pols Draft Proposal to Fine Brokers, Landlords Who Flout New Rent Laws
A pair of state lawmakers plan to introduce a bill to “impose hefty fines” against landlords and brokers who don’t follow New York’s newly enacted rent laws. Assemblymember Linda Rosenthal said Thursday she and Assemblymember Harvey Epstein (both D-Manhattan) are drafting a measure to boost compliance with the overhaul. The move came after THE CITY […]
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Real Estate Brokers Blow Beyond New $20 Tenant Fee Cap
Real estate brokers who match prospective tenants with landlords are claiming a new cap on application fees doesn’t apply to them — snubbing a key part of New York’s recent rent-law overhaul. The sweeping housing measure state lawmakers passed in June bars landlords from charging more than $20 to cover the costs of tenant background […]
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Long-Delayed Development at Hell’s Kitchen NYCHA Site Pulled After 14 Years
The New York City Housing Authority has shelved an embattled 14-year-old proposal for an affordable housing development next to a Hell’s Kitchen public housing complex, THE CITY has learned. Plans to develop affordable apartments on the site of the Harborview Terrace parking lot first took shape in 2005 as a concession to the community in […]