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New York Law Journal

Tenants Properly Notified of Loss of Rent Subsidies

The New York City Housing Authority adequately notified two tenants that they were going to lose their Section 8 rent subsidies, the state's highest court ruled Tuesday in reversing two Appellate Division holdings.
7 minute read

New York Law Journal

Court Declines to Decontrol Apartment Retroactively

Actress Dianne Wiest lost her bid to cut the rent on her apartment to rent-regulated levels, when the First Department rebuffed her effort to apply a pro-tenant Court of Appeals ruling retroactively.
2 minute read

New York Law Journal

Mayor Asks State to Expand Rent Protections in NYC

New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio unveiled several proposals Tuesday that include eliminating a rule that allows landlords to automatically increase rent by 20 percent each time a tenant moves out and setting new restrictions on rent surcharges for apartment or building improvements.
1 minute read

New York Law Journal

Nelson v. Project Renewal

Facility Not Required to Give Written Notice When Discharge Was on Consent to Hospital
2 minute read

New York Law Journal

Bpark, LLC. v. Durena

Landlord Establishes Tenants Did Not Primarily Reside in Premises, Engaged in Profiteering
2 minute read

New York Law Journal

Tello v. Dylag

Parties Joint Venturers, No Landlord- Tenant Relationship Existed; Final Judgment Reversed
2 minute read

New York Law Journal

Curability of Profiteering In Rent-Regulated Apartments

In their Rent Regulation column, Warren A. Estis and Jeffrey Turkel state that it is no secret that some rent-regulated tenants, whether through Airbnb or some other platform, are profiteering from their apartments and discuss existing case law to help determine when such conduct is curable, or when the offending tenant can be evicted.
8 minute read

New York Law Journal

Livecchi, Sr. v. The City of Geneva

Claim Preclusion Res Judicata Noted in Partial Dismissal of §1983 Claims Over Condemnation
2 minute read

New York Law Journal

Hair Studio 27, Inc. v. DiCarlo

By | April 30, 2015
Judgment Against Principal Dismissed as No Evidence He Agreed to Be Personally Bound
2 minute read

The Recorder

Naylor v. Superior Court (Hirsch)

By | April 29, 2015
4 minute read

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