Sentences with phrase «of tenant harassment»

Any type of tenant harassment will not be tolerated.

Schneiderman's new teams are in addition to the Cuomo administration's Tenant Protection Unit, which also investigates cases of tenant harassment.

BY MIRANDA KATZ At the behest of eight elected officials, the city's Department of Health and Mental Hygiene will test 20 buildings in the East Village for lead, all of which are owned by Raphael Toledano, a landlord who's been repeatedly accused of tenant harassment.

Assemblyman Keith Wright, a Harlem Democrat who chairs the chamber's housing committee, said he, too, has been a victim of tenant harassment.

Fines were also strengthened for landlords found guilty of any form of tenant harassment — regardless of whether their actions were intended to drive tenants from their homes — from $ 1,000 to $ 2,000 for the first offense, and $ 5,000 to $ 10,000 for subsequent offenses.

Members of the City Council are pushing a package of bills that would expand the definition of tenant harassment and increase penalties on shady landlords.

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.

Under Schneiderman's plan, the attorney general's existing Real Estate Finance Bureau, which currently polices real estate transactions, will be tasked to investigate cases of tenant harassment and other civil housing frauds.

Schneiderman on Thursday is expected to announce the creation of new teams of investigators to handle cases of tenant harassment, deceptive lending practices and other housing - related abuses.

«In no way should REBNY's opposition be construed as minimizing legitimate cases of tenant harassment but this bill would turn the most basic American concept of justice — «innocent until proven guilty» — on its head.»