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fromwww.amny.com
2 weeks ago

MAMDANI'S FIRST 100 DAYS: Mayor encourages tenants to testify at Rental Ripoff Hearings' | amNewYork

New York City renters can now sign up to testify at the city's first-ever Rental Ripoff Hearings, a series of public forums announced by Mayor Zohran Mamdani's administration aimed at gathering tenant experiences with unsafe conditions, hidden fees, and other common rental complaints. The hearings, established through an executive order signed on Jan. 4, will take place in all five boroughs between late February and early April.
New York City
UK news
fromwww.standard.co.uk
1 month ago

South London residents fear squatters could start fire after breaking into their building

Squatters broke into the communal electricity room at a 23-flat block, causing fire hazards, damage and unsanitary conditions while landlord L&Q failed to secure access.
New York City
fromBrownstoner
1 month ago

Public Advocate Unveils 2025 Worst Landlord Watchlist

Two landlords, Margaret Brunn and Donald Hastings, account for nearly 9,000 open housing violations across 60 properties, topping the Worst Landlord Watchlist.
New York City
fromwww.amny.com
1 month ago

Public Advocate Jumaane Williams unveils the 2025 Worst Landlord Watchlist amNewYork

A&E Real Estate landlords Margaret Brunn and Donald Hastings have nearly 9,000 open housing-code violations across 60 properties, topping NYC's 2025 Worst Landlord Watchlist.
New York City
fromwww.amny.com
1 month ago

MAMDANI'S FIRST 100 DAYS: City secures $2.1M settlement with landlord of 14 buildings amNewYork

New York City secured a $2.1 million settlement holding a landlord accountable for 14 buildings and over 4,000 code violations.
New York Giants
fromCurbed
1 month ago

The Foreclosure Sale Everyone's Watching

Pinnacle's foreclosure sale of over 5,000 mostly rent-stabilized apartments tests mayoral tenant-protection and landlord-accountability initiatives.
New York City
fromCity Limits
2 months ago

These East Harlem Tenants Staged a Rent Strike-And Won

Tenants in five East Harlem buildings secured $500,000 for back rent and repairs through a settlement after organizing a 16-month rent strike.
fromBusiness Insider
3 months ago

Mamdani's victory speech included a 4-word warning to Trump

Donald Trump, since I know you're watching, I have four words for you: Turn the volume up,
New York City
New York City
fromtherealdeal.com
4 months ago

City officials hope Chetrit arrest serves as warning to landlords

A prominent landlord faces felony tenant-harassment charges as New York City shifts toward criminal enforcement to deter persistent landlord misconduct.
Toronto
fromwww.cbc.ca
7 months ago

Red, yellow, green: why this Toronto group wants a new system for rating landlords | CBC News

A Toronto initiative aims to enforce a color-coded system for tracking building disrepair to improve living conditions and enhance landlord accountability.
fromQNS
8 months ago

Displaced tenants still locked out 18 months after Queens fire as lawmakers push accountability bill - QNS

The fire ignited just before noon on Dec. 20, 2023, at 43-09 47th Ave. in Sunnyside, as residents prepared for the holiday season.
NYC real estate
LA real estate
fromLos Angeles Times
8 months ago

State sues SoCal real estate tycoon alleging widespread tenant exploitation

California Attorney General sues landlord Mike Nijjar for housing law violations, alleging intentional neglect of tenant conditions.
NYC real estate
fromNew York Post
8 months ago

Fed-up NYC tenant creates 24/7 livestream of rats in his walls - what he sees has him losing sleep

A Brooklyn tenant broadcasts a rat infestation to pressure his landlord into taking action.
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