Sentences with phrase «from rent stabilization»

The original donation from the Rent Stabilization Association appears nowhere on the state Board of Elections website.

The state senator on Monday is sending a letter to the New York State Department of Homes and Community Renewal's commissioner RuthAnne Visnauskas urging her to inform tenants if the agency suspects their apartments were illegally removed from rent stabilization under the J - 51 tax abatement program.

While the agreements slightly raised the thresholds for removing an apartment from the rent stabilization program and for passing along the costs of building improvements to tenants, it did not eliminate a landlord's power to yank a unit out of rent control once it becomes unoccupied, a reform Mr. de Blasio and Mr. Cuomo both called for.

«We see that from REBNY, we see that from the Rent Stabilization Association,» Lerner added.

Gov. David A. Paterson today released a package of proposed changes to New York rent laws today, including a measure that would make it harder for landlords to remove apartments from rent stabilization.

All over the city it has become increasingly difficult to find affordable places to live, and when you do find a place, you find out that your apartment has illegally been removed from rent stabilization.

The Village Voice reported in November of that year that Mr. Espaillat's campaign coffers were flushed with money from the Rent Stabilization Association, a group dedicated to weakening rent control laws.

Among those alleged «loopholes» are vacancy decontrol — which lets landlords to remove a unit from the rent stabilization program if the tenant dies or relocates — major capital improvement rules, which allows for permanent rent increases to pay for renovations and the preferential rent system, which permits landlords to charge a tenant less than the legally regulated rate for an apartment.

The court had upheld the tenants» challenge of Gluck's removal of the building from rent stabilization.

The Republican State Leadership Committee and its affiliated 501 (c)(4), the State Government Leadership Foundation, have made significant donations to New York political groups, including $ 10,000 to the Balance New York super PAC, most of whose funds in turn come from the Rent Stabilization Association PAC and the Neighborhood Preservation Political Action Fund.

Not exact matches

It reported receiving $ 50,000 from investor Thomas McInerney on Oct. 10 and $ 10,000 from the landlord - backed Rent Stabilization Association two days later.

There, the governor appeared to endorse the Assembly's proposals for rent regulation, calling for an end to vacancy decontrol, ending permanent charges for major capital improvements and raising the price at which an apartment is able to leave rent stabilization from the current threshold of $ 2,500.

Mr. Rangel spoke to the Observer shortly after addressing a rally for more tenant - friendly rent stabilization — including the elimination of preferential rents, preventing landlords from removing vacant apartments from the rent control program and making charges for major capital improvements temporary rather than a permanent — in his native Harlem.

I will fight for a repeal of the Urstadt Law so we can greatly expand the rent stabilization and rent control programs without the approval of right - wing legislators from Oneonta and Plattsburgh.

The Rent Stabilization Association of New York more than doubled its lobbying efforts in 2016, jumping from the $ 1.4 million it spent in 2015, according to a report released by the state's Joint Commission on Public Ethics on Thursday.

But on Monday the entire focus was on Cuomo, whom she said had failed to deliver tighter rent laws to close loopholes that allow landlords to remove units from stabilization when they are emptied.

Ricci recalled the brief period of Democratic control of the Senate in 2008 when members introduced measures «every week» that would «hurt the residential real estate industry,» such as raising the threshold for luxury decontrol, or the rent that effectively removes an apartment from rent - stabilization rules.

This loophole in the rent stabilization laws, made under George Pataki, has caused 300,000 affordable homes to be lost from our housing stock.»

The current law allows landlords to remove apartments from the rent - stabilization program once rents reach a certain level and are vacated.

Rent stabilization uses the ROBIN HOOD theory... «take from the rich to give to the poor» How is that fair to landlords?

The transactions followed a similar pattern from 2014, when the Rent Stabilization Association gave $ 600,000 to the Republican State Leadership Committee, which gave nearly $ 1 million to Balance New York.

The meeting was organized by Senator Klein's office in the latest attempt to address and resolve outstanding resident concerns at the properties that range from reports of tenant harassment, potential violation of rent stabilization laws, massive construction projects impairing quality of life, lack of elevator service for the disabled, and no access to laundry facilities.

Mr. Dorego hired an army of lobbyists that eclipsed the contingents from either of real estate's two most powerful trade groups — the Real Estate Board and the Rent Stabilization Association — ensuring he had the ear of state officials who oversee important housing rules, including a lucrative tax abatement program set to expire next month.

Judi Kende, vice president and New York market leader at Enterprise Community Partners, urges the New York State Legislature to strengthen rent laws and provide enough funds for enforcement efforts, with the goal of preventing affordable units from leaving the rent stabilization system and curbing tenant harassment.