Steve Croman has been sentenced to a year in prison and ordered to pay a $5 million fine– an almost unheard-of punishment for a Manhattan…
City Council Passes Sweeping Tenant Protections
Yesterday the City Council passed a sweeping package of pro-tenant legislation long advocated by tenants’ rights groups, activists, and sympathetic city officials. One of the…
A.G. Files Harassment Charges Against Manager of LES and Chinatown Apartments
New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman filed a lawsuit today against the property manager and landlords of several apartment buildings in Chinatown and the Lower East…
LES Tenants Demand Repairs From Landlord, Say They’re Being Pushed Out
Dozens of tenants and activists gathered blocks from the Tenement Museum on Thursday morning to protest what they claim are unsafe living conditions in two Lower…
New Law Aims to Help Mom-n-Pops, But Embattled Tenants Say It's Not Enough
A group of a dozen small business owners and community advocates from Bushwick gathered at Esmeralda Valencia’s restaurant on Myrtle Avenue this morning with an…
Rent Freeze Leaves Some Tenants and Owners Feeling Left Out in the Cold
The Rent Guidelines Board has voted to freeze the rents on rent-stabilized apartments that are up for a one-year lease renewal between October 1, 2016 and…