Brooklyn City Council Member Sandy Nurse emphasized the need to disincentivize illegal lockouts while facilitating quicker entry for lawful tenants, stating, 'There must be a better way to disincentivize illegal lockouts while also making it easier and faster for lawful occupants to regain entry and stem the flow of people to the shelter system.' This highlights the urgency for comprehensive tenant protections amidst prevalent unlawful evictions.
The proposed legislation aims to establish stronger penalties for illegal evictions by expanding definitions of tenant harassment and allowing for quicker recourse to lawful occupants. In this package, Nurse states 'the bills would expand the definition of tenant harassment to include unlawful evictions, ensure lawful occupants without certain long-term tenants' rights could still qualify for injunctive relief; increase penalties for unlawful evictions; and create a lock-change procedure to get tenants who were illegal locked out back in their homes.'
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