Sentences with phrase «tenant by the landlord»

At 10 a.m., AG Eric Schneiderman and Rep. Nydia Velazquez are joined by housing advocates unveil a new bill aimed at addressing problems in the Section 8 housing program and preventing harassment of tenants by landlords at other properties, City Hall steps, Manhattan.

For example, the termination of a tenant by the landlord is quite common, and is no less devastating.

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Given the time and cost involved, most landlords will be reluctant to sue a tenant that is forced by circumstances to break a lease, says Fried.

Tenants need to understand that these costs are always baked into the lease's value by the landlord.

By the time of Jesus we see this process already far advanced: large estates owned by absentee landlords, managed by stewards, and worked by tenant farmers, day laborers, and slaveBy the time of Jesus we see this process already far advanced: large estates owned by absentee landlords, managed by stewards, and worked by tenant farmers, day laborers, and slaveby absentee landlords, managed by stewards, and worked by tenant farmers, day laborers, and slaveby stewards, and worked by tenant farmers, day laborers, and slaveby tenant farmers, day laborers, and slaves.

An ordinance has been drafted by the Metropolitan Tenants Organization that would require all apartments in the city to be inspected when leased to a new tenant to catch lead hazards and require landlords to abate.

The government meanwhile chooses to let down local residents further by removing controls on bad landlords - those bedsit barons who make tenants» lives a misery and whose neglect can cause widespread grief for their neighbours.

At the start of the 1980s, local authorities were one of the biggest direct providers of housing: Right to Buy and other policies, such as the right for tenants to opt for management by an «approved landlord» rather than the council under the Housing Act 1988, were intended to transform them into «enablers».

«On both occasions, I was shocked to see the extreme levels of squalor and poor habitation in the area, caused largely by rogue landlords neglecting their duties and exploiting tenants.»

Nixon traveled to the Bronx to propose a tenant - protection plan that includes dumping a provision that allows landlords to hike rents by 20 % each time a rent - regulated apartment is vacated.

A New York state judge has upheld the legal authority of the Tenant Protection Unit, a key initiative of Gov. Andrew Cuomo to protect rent - regulated tenants from overcharges, harassment and intimidation by unscrupulous landlords.

Cornegy said he often hears stories of commercial tenants being harassed by landlords in his Brooklyn district, but they have less protection than residential tenants.

BY COLIN MIXSON New York's highest court will finally provide clarity on a contentious legal debate that's pitted Downtown renters against their landlords, who for decades have reaped millions in tax breaks while refusing to provide the regulated rents the program was meant to foster, tenants claim.

DNAInfo article on BP Adams supporting tenants in Sunset Park who have allegedly been harassed by their landlord.

Cynthia will work with the state legislature to find solutions and pass new rent laws to protect tenants living in homes that might be smaller than 6 units but are owned by corporate landlords who own a large number of properties.

At 6 p.m., tenants of 273 Lee Ave. hold press conference and rally to «share their experiences of harassment by their landlord and urge city and state agencies to act to keep long - term rent - stabilized tenants in their home,» Brooklyn.

The mayor and his liberal allies hoped to make MCI charges a one - time fee to a tenant, rather than a permanent add - on to the rent, and also wanted to abolish the «vacancy bonus» — which permits a landlord to raise the rent of a stabilized unit by 20 percent if death or relocation leaves it empty.

The squeezed middle, the working poor (6.5 million in their households today) and the jobless are afflicted by pay freezes and pay cuts, energy bill hikes, accelerated private rent increases, a swelling housing benefit budget that subsidises rich landlords but not the tenants, waiting lists for a home swollen by the bedroom tax and only half the houses needed being built, nearly a million of the jobless sanctioned last year and deprived of all their unemployment benefit for 4 or 13 weeks for trivial infringements, the seriously disabled suffering big benefit cuts for not getting jobs they manifestly can't do, to name but some.

Mr. Rodriguez spoke of his strong commitment to tenants and seeks to abolish the common extortion of key money by landlords from commercial tenants.

627 is a much - needed legislation that seeks to protects tenants from being harassed by landlords who are looking to kick them out of their apartments.

They called for the elimination of a loophole that lets landlords boost rent by 20 percent when tenants vacate a rent - stabilized apartment, as well as a rule that removes units from rent regulations once the rent gets high enough, allowing units to go to market - rate prices.

A class - action lawsuit has been filed by the Legal Aid Society on behalf of tenants in two Sunset Park apartment buildings who alleged that the landlord discriminated against them and made them prove citizenship before agreeing to renew their leases.

Yes the system has been gamed for years however not by tenants but by landlords using vacancy destabalization.

«We have been represented by an individual who lives in Westchester, fights for landlords instead of tenants and turns his back on our Democratic values by joining the Republican Party,» she said.

Decisions on how much to charge tenants are made by registered social landlords, following dialogue between local authorities and housing associations.

Landlords have been pressured by police to evict sex worker tenants under threat of being prosecuted themselves.

Tenants of an Upper West Side mixed - income building allege the landlord is discriminating against the elderly by barring low - income residents from using the property's on - site gym.

The Real Estate Board of New York has attacked a bill supported by many tenant advocates that would require landlords to put tenant relocation funds into escrow while repairs to unsafe buildings are made.

A third would have allowed landlords to evict tenants who voted at the wrong location or filed their tax return with different addresses, on the grounds that their rent - stabilized apartments weren't their primary residences, as required by law.

Recent reports indicate that a growing number of individuals have opened businesses dedicated to streamlining and facilitating the eviction process for landlords by intimidating tenants into agreeing to bad deals that often leave hard - working men and women at risk of homelessness.

As a result of a TPU criminal referral to the NYS AG's office, the Tenant Harassment Prevention Task Force made its first arrest and took swift action to confront the alleged unlawful actions by a Brooklyn landlord.

One bill would have allowed landlords to raise rents by as much as 20 percent when tenants died and their family members wished to take over the lease.

Most landlords provide decent homes that tenants are happy with, but these rogue landlords are ripping off both renters and the taxpayer by making billions from rent and housing benefit letting out sub-standard homes.

TPU assists New York State Homes and Community Renewal Housing Finance Agency in the eligibility determination of potential landlords for entitlement to state loans / grants / tax credits, by investigating and vetting a potential landlord's financial soundness and mortgage holdings for signs of overleveraging within their portfolios or allegations of increased tenant turnover through harassment.

QUEENS, NY — Borough President Melinda Katz's Hurricane Relief Task Force today reviewed the progress of the work thus far in Queens by the City's «NYC Build it Back» Program, which is dedicated to assisting homeowners, landlords and tenants in the five boroughs whose homes and properties were damaged by Hurricane Sandy of October 2012.

• Eliminating a rule that lets landlords automatically increase rent by 20 percent each time a tenant moves out.

Landlords will also be held accountable by state housing officials for how much they spend to upgrade rent - stabilized apartments before they're allowed to charge tenants for building improvements.

They point to his propensity for long, meandering speeches to kill off pieces of nascent legislation, such as attempts by backbenchers to regulate payday lenders and to stop rogue landlords evicting tenants asking for basic repairs.

But research carried out by Politics.co.uk this week showed that private landlords are actually turning away Universal Credit tenants in large numbers.

A charity stair climb at One World Trade Center to honor first - responders killed on 9/11 has been abruptly canceled — because building landlord, the Durst Organization is afraid it would scare off potential tenants by reminding them about the terror attacks, the event's organizer alleges.

The bill backed by Schneiderman would set the bar for prosecution of landlords lower, such as removing the need that physical injury of a tenant must be proven.

To be able to do this, they have to give tenants a degree of certainty about how much rents can rise during the time they live in a property, otherwise the landlord can easily evict them simply by raising the rent.

«Toughening up criminal penalties helps us level the playing field and protect tenants victimized by greedy, negligent landlords who put their own profit ahead of the rights of those paying the rent,» de Blasio said.

Landlords are worried that the level of rent arrears racked up by tenants on universal credit could lead to a rise in evictions.

The current rent laws also allow landlords to increase rent by 20 percent after tenants leave, resulting in high turnover rates, and allow owners to adjust preferential rent, which is set at lower rate.

«While some seek to politically grandstand by promoting rallies and town halls, I am busy protecting immigrant tenants from heartless landlords, and making sure New Yorkers are protected from lead paint chips falling onto the streets and sidewalks from elevated subway tracks.»

Council housing is now on sale to tenants at a 75 % discount: once sold, many homes are snapped up by rack - renting landlords for multi-occupying itinerant workers who destabilise the community.

Buoyed by a $ 1.25 million boost in City Council funding, tenant advocacy group Stabilizing NYC is running its own «bad landlords» watch list that...

His letter noted that landlords are required to give tenants notice before raising rents or evicting them, and that any extension of the law would be made retroactive if lawmakers can't agree to a deal by Monday's deadline.

A third proposal, sponsored by Councilman Mark Levine, would remind tenants they don't have to pay rent if their landlords are violating the law.