Landlords

Rent Board Approves 3% Hike for Stabilized Tenants

June 21, 2023, 8:59 p.m.June 21, 2023, 10:14 p.m.

While the increase is at the lower end of the range the RGB previously had proposed, it’s larger than any hike from the de Blasio years.

Climate Change

Landlords Will Soon Have to Inform Tenants About Flood Risks

May 30, 2023, 5:00 a.m.March 14, 2024, 2:23 p.m.

To help renters make better-informed choices, leases must disclose a property’s propensity to flood and whether it suffered flood damage in the past.

Frank Carone

After Hiring Frank Carone, a Reviled Brooklyn Landlord Won a Multimillion-Dollar Windfall from the City

April 13, 2023, 5:01 a.m.April 17, 2023, 10:05 a.m.

Yosef Zvieli faced foreclosure after running a residence for Brooklyn College students into the ground. Then he retained the political kingpin who has since become New York’s power broker of the moment.

Tenants

East Village Tenants Say New Landlord Is Pushing Them Out

March 31, 2023, 11:38 a.m.March 31, 2023, 1:29 p.m.

Long-time residents say they’re being hit with huge rent increases that have unsettled their lives and forced some of them to leave the building.

Tenants

Northwest Bronx Leads City in Heat Complaints

Jan. 9, 2023, 5:00 a.m.Jan. 10, 2023, 6:29 p.m.

A handful of private buildings are responsible for a vastly outsized share of heat complaints, according to a new report from the city comptroller’s office.

Destabilized

Is Your Apartment Rent-Stabilized? How to Get Your Rent History in NYC

Dec. 23, 2022, 5:05 a.m.May 14, 2024, 3:51 p.m.

A record of your unit’s rental history from a state housing agency is the best place to start. Here’s how to get it.

Climate Change

City Building Owners Looking to Get Ahead of 2024 Environmental Regulations

Dec. 1, 2022, 5:00 a.m.Dec. 1, 2022, 1:29 p.m.

Local Law 97 puts carbon caps on buildings bigger than 25,000 square feet — the city’s largest source of greenhouse gas emissions. With the rules still in draft form, landlords are trying to figure out what they need to do now.

Destabilized

New State Numbers Show Slide in Vacant Rent-Stabilized Apartments

Nov. 17, 2022, 7:16 p.m.April 3, 2025, 1:20 p.m.

Housing officials say that landlords ed 38,000 vacant units so far this year, down from the 60,000 reported in 2021. Landlords are still pressing for an end to restrictions they say keep apartments offline.

Taxes

Prosecutors Allege Bushwick Developers Cashed In on Tax Breaks While Overcharging Tenants

Oct. 19, 2022, 12:58 p.m.Oct. 19, 2022, 4:54 p.m.

The Manhattan District Attorney’s Office contends six developers ‘fraudulently obtained’ more than $1 million in tax credits aimed at boosting affordable housing.

Landlords

Billionaire Landlord Pays for Hiding Buyers’ True Costs in Condo Conversion

Oct. 5, 2022, 5:00 a.m.Oct. 4, 2022, 7:05 p.m.

In his latest settlement with the AG’s office, Joel Wiener of the Pinnacle Group itted he failed to disclose the need for major gas pipe repairs when selling formerly rent-stabilized apartments.

Landlords

Rent Board Approves 3% Hike for Stabilized Tenants

Landlords Will Soon Have to Inform Tenants About Flood Risks

After Hiring Frank Carone, a Reviled Brooklyn Landlord Won a Multimillion-Dollar Windfall from the City

East Village Tenants Say New Landlord Is Pushing Them Out

Northwest Bronx Leads City in Heat Complaints

Is Your Apartment Rent-Stabilized? How to Get Your Rent History in NYC

City Building Owners Looking to Get Ahead of 2024 Environmental Regulations

New State Numbers Show Slide in Vacant Rent-Stabilized Apartments

Prosecutors Allege Bushwick Developers Cashed In on Tax Breaks While Overcharging Tenants

Billionaire Landlord Pays for Hiding Buyers’ True Costs in Condo Conversion

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