Deborah Riegel News Today

A Crown Heights building in limbo could inspire more landlords to deregulate through demolition—or more tenants to fight to stay in their homes.

While supporters say New York City's right to counsel program needs additional funding to cover all the qualified tenants who need the legal help, they've also hailed it a success, and are now pushing to replicate it statewide.

The state Senate and Assembly passed a duo of bills in June aimed at helping rent stabilized tenants dig deeper into their rent histories to challenge suspicious increases. The governor has until the end of the year to sign them. 

A pair of landlords on Manhattan's Upper West Side are suing Airbnb and two tenants for flouting new city restrictions on home sharing -- with the building owners claiming they are being exposed to stiff fines.

The Community Housing Improvement Program decried a measure expanding the four-year lookback rule in rent overcharge cases.

The process, called an administrative dismissal, is enshrined in state law. The Office of Court Administration wiped out a category of older eviction cases that property owners started before the end of 2020 seeking to recover unpaid rent, in which tenants never filed a response and the landlords took no further action.

A New York State Supreme Court Judge sent the Applebees restaurant in the heart of Times Square an eviction notice after the franchisee failed to pay rent.