MetLife Inc. recently agreed to settle a 2007 lawsuit by tenants of Stuyvesant Town and Peter Cooper Village who claimed they were charged too much rent to live in Manhattan’s largest apartment complex. Settlement terms were not disclosed. MetLife revealed the accord in its annual report filed on Tuesday with the U.S. Securities and Exchange […]
On March 5, the Bloomberg administration and New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman submitted to the U.S. Supreme Court their opposition briefs defending the merits of the Rent Stabilization Law. These submissions were the latest step toward the Court’s deciding whether to hear a case challenging the constitutionality of New York’s Rent Stabilization Law. The […]
Maintenance work performed by Transel Elevator was the likely culprit in the elevator accident that killed an advertising executive in Midtown last month, according to Buildings Commissioner Robert LiMandri. The advertising executive was killed on Dec. 14 when the elevator she was stepping into lurched upward, partly pinning her in the elevator shaft. “We know […]
Landlord Normandy Real Estate Partners and managing agent Colonial Management Group were recently denied permission to raise rents at a Bronx housing complex at 1511-1521 Sheridan Avenue by the Division of Housing and Community Renewal (DHCR). This denial was a result of efforts by the tenants of the complex who organized to fight the hike […]
A court ruled that landlord could evict tenant for violating the “no pets” clause of his lease by getting a second dog, even though landlord hadn’t enforced the rule regarding tenant’s first dog. There was no lease waiver because the lease barred keeping dogs without landlord’s consent “in each instance.” Landlord sued to evict tenant […]
Cops raided a Bronx apartment building on Jan. 31 and found it had been turned into a pot farm. Acting on a tip, police broke down the door and discovered 600 marijuana-growing pots. They filled the top four floors of the five-story building. Officials estimated there was 1,500 pounds of pot growing in the building, […]
A challenge to NYC’s rent control laws has caught the attention of the highest court. The Supreme Court has asked New York City and State to file answers by Jan. 4 to an owner’s petition to be heard. The owner contends that New York City’s rent laws constitute a “taking” of his property without just […]
This month, New York City community boards will hold hearings on a proposal that city officials say will give building owners more freedom to increase their buildings’ energy efficiency and produce their own power. The plan is to amend city regulations by removing some zoning requirements that are said to hamper new green construction and […]
