QA rent-controlled tenant is vacating. There are eight apartments in my building. The other seven apartments were previously rent controlled or rent stabilized. As they became vacant, I renovated each apartment and then rented them, between...
In January, Gov. Andrew Cuomo ordered owners who received J-51 tax benefits to re-register 50,000 units for rent protection. This followed New York courts’ decisions that any apartment subject to rent stabilization at the time that the J-51 benefits were received must register those units...
QOur only rent-controlled tenant went to a local hardware store for a consultation regarding the replacement of her approximately 45-year-old hard wood floor. The tenant claims that the salesperson found out that there’s asbestos in...
Q: Can I collect special rent increases for low-rent apartments that were issued under Rent Guidelines Board Order No. 41 and later challenged in court?
Q How have the Rent Code Amendments of 2014 (RCA 2014) changed the process for deregulating rent-stabilized apartments through high-rent vacancy? Are there any additional forms to fill out?
Q: The building I own receives tax benefits through the 421-a Affordable Housing Program. In exchange for these benefits, I must rent 20 percent of the apartments to low- to middle-income families and these units are subject to Rent...
Q: I recently filed a nonpayment proceeding against a tenant who now claims he’s applying for public assistance. I’m not sure how long the application process takes or whether he’ll even qualify for the assistance. But I...
QI'm considering installing security cameras in common-area hallways and in the building elevator. Will tenants be able to successfully sue me on the basis of invasion of privacy and harassment?
QDoes adding an outdoor exclusive garden or recreational space to a vacant rent-stabilized apartment permit me to increase the rent of that stabilized unit? How would I know if this addition would make the resulting apartment a new apartment...
QI have a preferential rent lease rider with a rent-stabilized tenant. Are owners allowed to have an escalation clause in a rent-stabilized lease provided the increased escalated rent is below the legal rent? Will the DHCR allow this sort of...
QMy management company took over the management of a five-unit apartment building. Two prior owners ago, the former owner converted the building from a six-unit building to a five-unit one. And the current owner bought the building believing that it...
