Owner tries to evict tenants based on zoning while seeking to convert building to residential use. Amy Kreiling and Roy Williams leased a studio unit from Thames Realty, owner of a loft building located within a manufacturing zoning district in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. Although the lease limited their use to business purposes, the tenants used the unit as their residence. Five years into the tenancy, Thames notified them that it wished to terminate the lease. When … <Read More>
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City Announces Largest Civil Rights Settlement for Housing Discrimination
On August 22, 2024, New York City Mayor Eric Adams and the New York City Commission on Human Rights announced the largest civil rights settlement in New York City history. This $1 million housing discrimination settlement was imposed against Parkchester Preservation Management for discriminating against voucher holders. In addition to this historic event, the New York City Commission on Human Rights secured 850 apartment units, the most ever secured in a New York City Commission … <Read More>
City Celebrates Success of Street Homeless Advocacy Project
On August 9, 2024, New York City Mayor Eric Adams and other critical stakeholders celebrated major milestones reached by the Street Homelessness Advocacy Project (SHAP) within the first two years of the program.
Council Approves Bill Requiring NYCHA PACT Program Transparency Report
On May 16, 2024, the City Council passed Int. 110-A, which requires the creation of a report about the Permanent Affordability Commitment Together Program (PACT). The PACT program allows the New York City Housing Authority to change its traditional Section 9 public housing funding to project-based Section 8 funding. The change allows NYCHA to access debt to finance renovation and repairs projects and requires NYCHA to transfer the daily management of buildings to private management … <Read More>
Rent Guidelines Board Announces Proposed Increases for 2024-2025
On April 30, 2024, the Rent Guidelines Board released proposed guidelines for rent stabilized homes. The proposed guidelines, if approved, will dictate the permitted rent increases for rent stabilized apartments, lofts, and hotels for the time period between October 1, 2004 and September 30, 2025.
Comptroller Launches Dashboard to Track Shelter and Homelessness Data
On April 18, 2024, the New York City Comptroller Brad Lander launched Charting Homelessness in NYC, a dashboard that will track NYC’s shelter population, eviction filings, and shelter exits with housing vouchers in an effort to collect data around factors that contribute to homelessness.