LANDLORD/TENANT ARTICLES
The City - Dec. 6, 2023
City Council Passes Bill Enabling Tenants to Report Vacant Apartments by Sam Rabiyah [PDF ]
ProPublica - Nov. 16, 2023
DOJ Backs Tenants in Case Alleging Price-Fixing by Big Landlords and a Real Estate Tech Company by Heather Vogell [PDF ]
Water Damage - Mar. 29, 2023
Water Damage 342 East 50 St. [ VIDEO ]
Lifestyle - Feb. 23, 2023
Landlord more than doubles tenant’s rent to $2.2K, leading to fiery social media backlash by Richard Pollina [PDF ]
Hell Gate - Jan. 13, 2023
No Heat, Bathroom Mushrooms, Bees in the Wall - Life Under One of NYC's Most Egregiously Negligent Landlords by Steven Wishnia [PDF]
Law 360 - May. 6, 2022
NYC Atty Kossoff Gets Up To 13.5 Years For Stealing $14.6M [ PDF ]
WestView News - May. 3, 2022
LATE BREAKING NEWS… [ PDF ]
WestView News - May. 4, 2022
A Billionaire Bully Slumlord [ PDF ]
BIZNOW - Dec. 21, 2021
Bill Proposed To Restrict Banks From Lending To Landlords That Break The Law by Miriam Hall [PDF ]
pressreader - Dec. 12, 2021
RENTAL ANGUISH [ JPG ]
World Newz Info - Dec. 11, 2021
Manhattan Mother, Children Stay Homeless Greater Than Three Years Into Eviction Combat [ PDF ]
New York Post - Dec. 11, 2021
Manhattan mom, kids remain homeless more than three years into eviction fight by Shane Galvin and Kathianne Boniello [ PDF ]
New York Daily News - Dec. 5, 2021
Bronx tenants who said landlord cheated them out of rent control apartments score $1M settlement by Noah Goldberg [ PDF ]
WestView News - Aug. 2, 2021
The Untouchable Billionaire Slumlord: Part 2 by Deborah Privitello [ PDF ]
WestView News - July. 2, 2021
Billionaire Slumlord (Online Edition) by Deborah Privitello [ PDF ]
WestView News - July. 2, 2021
Billionaire Slumlord (Print Edition) by Deborah Privitello
Gothamist - Mar. 25, 2021
East Village Landlord Accused Of Clearing Tenant's Apartment While He Was Hospitalized With COVID by Jake Offenhartz [ PDF ]
Brick Undergroun - Sept. 21, 2020
How to find a hidden camera planted by your landlord, Airbnb host, or another creep by Evelyn Battaglia [ PDF ]
Gothamist - Sept. 11, 2020
NYC Is Requiring Landlords Set Aside Apartments For Voucher Tenants Under New Approach To Enforcing Human Rights Law by Sydney Pereira [ PDF ]
VICE - Aug. 18, 2020
This Map Lets You Report Landlords Using Tech to Screw Over Tenants by Janus Rose [ PDF ]
PIX11 - Mar. 3, 2020
Exclusive: Tenant Anti-Harassment Unit cracks down on negligent landlords across NYC by Monica Morales
THEREALDEAL - Dec. 27, 2019Millions to move out? No deal: NYC's famous holdouts by Sylvia Varnham O'Regan [ PDF ]
PATCH - Dec. 3, 2019Tenant Harassment Easier To Prove In NY After Cuomo Signs New Law by Kathleen Culliton [ PDF ]
SPECTRUM NEWS NY1 - Oct. 31, 2019Advocates Ask for Fixes to Rent Law Changes by Zack Fink [ PDF ]
RIGHT TO COUNSEL - Oct. 22, 2019The 2018 Worst Evictors across New York City by Right to Counsel NYC Coalition [ PDF ]
CURBED NEW YORK - Oct. 22, 2019NYC launches campaign to promote new tenant protections by Caroline Splvack [ PDF ]
PATCH - Oct. 15, 2019
NY Landlords Now Barred From Suddenly Booting Tenants by Noah Manskar [PDF]
GOTHAMIST - Sep. 17 2019Tenants Face Uphill Battle To Get Landlords To Roll Back Illegal Apartment Deregulations by Steven Wishnia [ PDF ]
CURBED NEW YORK - Sep. 4, 2019How NYC landlords may be skirting the new rent laws by Valeria Ricciulli [ PDF ]
CRAIN'S NEW YORK BUSINESS - Jul. 12, 2019Blackstone halts Stuy Town upgrades in wake of rent-regs overhaul by Daniel Geiger [ PDF ]
GOTHAMIST - Jul. 12, 2019Landlord Threatening To Let Buildings Fall Apart Can't Actually Do That by Ross Barkan [ PDF ]
THE VILLAGER - June 25, 2019OPINION: An open letter to NYC predatory landlords by Jim Markowich [ PDF ]
BRICK UNDERGROUND - June 21, 2019New NYC rent laws require security deposits to be returned in 14 days and landlords are fuming by Jennifer White Karp [ PDF ]
THE REAL DEAL - June 14, 2019Cuomo signs landmark rent regulation reform bill by Kathryn Brenzel and Georgia Kromrei [ PDF ]
NEW YORK TIMES - June 11, 2019Landmark Deal Reached on Rent Protections for Tenants in N.Y. by Louis Ferre-Sadurni, Jesse McKinley, and Vivian Wang [ PDF ]
NEW YORK DAILY NEWS - June 6, 2019Landlord who told tenants to use fire escape during renovation wants $1,056 rent hike to pay for 'outrageous' botched project by Jasper Lo and Dave Goldiner [ PDF ]
NEXT CITY - May 28, 2019When Landlords Weren't Listening, These Tenants Went After Their Bankers Instead
by Oscar Perry Abello [ PDF ]
PATCH - May 24, 2019Over 100K NYers Are Forced From Homes Each Year, Research Finds
by Noah Manskar [ PDF ]
ANHD - May 6, 2019The Worst Evictors and the Banks that Love them
by Jaime Weisberg [ PDF ]
CURBED NEW YORK - Apr. 10, 2019State legislators pass bill to increase tenant protections against unscrupulous landlords
by Caroline Spivack [ PDF ] [ Landlord Tenant Protection Act of 2019 ]
CRAIN'S NEW YORK - Apr. 8, 2019Landlords are exploiting a key loophole to raise rents on thousands of apartments
by Daniel Geiger [ PDF ]
NBC NEW YORK- Mar. 14, 2019
Attorney General Goes to Bat for NYC Tenants (Video)
by Chuck Scarborough
THE REAL DEAL- Dec. 28, 2018
The city goes easy on bad landlords: report
by Kathryn Benzel [ PDF ]
THE BALANCE SMALL BUSINESS - Nov. 2, 2018
Is Your Landlord Guilty of Harassment?
by Erin Eberlin [ PDF ]
CURBED NEW YORK - Oct. 12, 2018
NYC implements anti-tenant harassment pilot program
by Ameena Walker [ PDF ]
NEW YORK POST - Jul. 16, 2018
Kushner family accused of pushing out low-rent tenants
by Associated Press [ PDF ]
NY DAILY NEWS - Jun. 24, 2018
How to bring back mom and pop: NYC commercial rents are out of control; here's how to restore sanity
by Jeremiah Moss [ PDF ]
HARPERS - Jun. 16, 2018
The Death of a Once Great City by Kevin Baker [ PDF ]
DAILY NEWS - May. 21, 2018
EXCLUSIVE: DHCR hid identities of landlords suspected of wrongdoing, court papers say by Victoria Bekiempis [ PDF ]
NEW YORK TIMES - May. 20 2018
Holding Out in Harlem, Despite Demolition by Yoursure Al-Hlou, Jim Cricchi and Ben Laffin
THE GUARDIAN - Apr. 16, 2018
Landlords are social parasites. They’re the last people we should be honouring by Rhik Samadder [ PDF ]
NY1 - Apr. 14, 2018
Landlord Francis Greenberger-Time Equities:
Deplorable Conditions leaving Deborah Privitello and her 3 children constructively evicted and made to vacate her home of 26 years (Video)
NEW YORK TIMES - Apr. 7, 2018
In 83 Million Eviction Records, a Sweeping and Intimate New Look at Housing in America by Emily Badger and Quoctrung Bui [ PDF ]
OFFICE OF THE MAYOR - Mar. 27, 2018
Mayor de Blasio Signs Legislation Extending Rent Stabilization Laws [ PDF ]
NY DAILY NEWS - Mar. 18, 2018
Kushner family business submitted false paperwork with New York City over rent-regulated apartments by Stephen Rex Brown [ PDF ]
BRICK UNDERGROUND - Dec. 29, 2017
The dreaded tenant blacklist: What you need to know by Anne Machalinski [ PDF ]
GOTHAMGAZETTE - Dec. 13, 2017
The IDC Leaves Tenants Out in the Cold by Aisha Gomez, Sherryann Bain, & Lauren Nye [ PDF ]
NEW YORK POST - Nov. 28, 2017
Landlord tries to evict 100-year-old in rent-controlled apartment by Linda Massarella [ PDF ]
HOME VESTORS FRANCISE - Oct. 10, 2017
BEST PRACTICES TO EVICT A RENT-CONTROLLED TENANT IN NYC by Jim Wiley [ PDF ]
THE VILLAGE VOICE - Sept. 18, 2017
How Forcing Tenants to Move Became a Business Model for NYC Landlords by Steven Wishnia [ PDF ]
NY DAILY NEWS - Sept. 17, 2017
Bill’s burden on gentrification: The mayor needs better plans to counter New York City’s biggest threat by Jeremiah Moss [ PDF ]
NPQ - Aug. 30, 2017
“Mass Evictions” Rise in Cities with Influx of Higher-Income Renters by Pam Bailey [ PDF ]
THE NEW YORK REVIEW OF BOOKS - Aug. 17, 2017
Tenants Under Siege: Inside New York City’s Housing Crisis by Michael Greenberg [ PDF ]
THE REAL DEAL - Aug. 7, 2017
This politician wants to let J-51 tenants know if their landlord is overcharging them by Konrad Putzier [ PDF ]
THE NEW YORK TIMES - July 25, 2017
Landlord raised rent for renovations never done, lawsuit says by Kim Barker [ PDF ]
NY DAILY NEWS - July 20, 2017
Tenants facing eviction will get lawyers paid for by city by Erin Durkin [ PDF ]
FINANCE & COMMERCE - July 18, 2017
Manhattan landlords are about to get graded by Bloomberg News [ PDF ]
THE VILLAGE VOICE - July 6, 2017
‘Preferential Rent’: How Landlords Kill NYC’s Affordable Apartments and Get Away With It by Steven Wishnia [ PDF ]
METROPOLITAN COUNCIL ON HOUSING - July, 2017
Landlords’ Lawsuit Against Tenant Protection Unit Dismissed by Kenny Schaeffer [ PDF ]
NY DAILY NEWS - Jun. 18, 2017
Landlord’s Upper West Side building ‘renovation’ forces tenants to use fire escape to access their apartments by Sarah Gabrielli and Greg B. Smith [ PDF ]
BOWERY BOOGIE - May 25, 2017
AG Introduces Bill that Would Hold Landlords Criminally Accountable for Tenant Harassment by Samy Mahfar [ PDF ]
ATTORNEY GENERAL PRESS RELEASE - May 24, 2017
A.G. Schneiderman Introduces Legislation To Criminally Crack Down On Tenant Harassment [ PDF ]
PROSPECT HEIGHTS PATCH - May 9, 2017
The Flipper's Playbook: How NYC Slumlords Terrorize Tenants And Get Away With It by Simone Wilson, Patch Staff
WESTVIEW NEWS - May 3, 2017
The Landlords Wrote the Laws. Schneiderman Wants to Change Them. by George Capsis [ PDF ]
ATTORNEY GENERAL ERIC T. SCHNEIDERMAN - Apr. 12, 2017
A.G. Schneiderman Announces New Legislation To Criminally Crack Down On Tenant Harassment [ PDF ] [ Video ]
AM NEWYORK - Apr. 12, 2017
NYC tenant harassment legislation proposed by AG Schneiderman
by Alison Fox [ PDF ]
THE LO-DOWN - Apr. 7, 2017
Owner of 43 Essex St. Indicted on Mortgage Fraud Charges
by Ed Litvak [ PDF ]
MANHATTAN EXPRESS - Mar. 8, 2017
Tenant Harassment Takes Center Stage
by Joaquin Cotler [ PDF ]
NY DAILY NEWS - Dec. 21, 2016
Upper West Side slumlord trying to evict 94-year-old tenant days before Christmas
by Greg. B. Smith [ PDF ]
CURBED NEW YORK - Dec. 3, 2016
One of NYC’s ‘worst landlords’ sues Public Advocate over disparaging title
by Rachel Sugar [ PDF ]
EV GRIEVE - Nov. 2, 2016
Attorney General files lawsuit against landlord Marolda Properties; accused of intimidating rent-regulated tenants
[ PDF ]
NEW YORK DAILY NEWS - Nov. 1, 2016
New York attorney general sues Manhattan landlords for trying to illegally boot rent-regulated tenants
by Glenn Blain [ PDF ]
NEW YORK OBSERVER - Sept. 30, 2016
Almost every tenant has his price
by Adam Bonislawski [ PDF ]
NEW YORK TIMES - Sept. 23, 2016
A right to a lawyer to save your home
by The Editorial Board [ PDF ]
NEW YORK TIMES - Sept. 23, 2016
Why isn't there a landlord blacklist?
by Ronda Kaysen [ PDF ]
BRICK UNDERGROUND - Sept. 20, 2016
Ask Sam: Can I get on the lease of my mother's rent-stabilized apartment?
by Sam Himmelstein Law Firm [ PDF ]
THE HUFFINGTON POST - Aug. 2, 2016
Who are the real gentrifiers of New York City?
by Jonathon Westin [ PDF ]
NEW YORK TIMES - July 26, 2016
Landlord accused of harassing tenants is arrested
by Mireya Navarro and Kim Barker [ PDF ]
LONGISLAND.COM - July 8, 2016
A.G. Schneiderman announces new strengthened team to spearhead office's tenant harassment and housing enforcement initiatives [ PDF ]
NY DAILY NEWS - July 6, 2016
New York Attorney General's office to crack down on housing-related abuses with investigative teams
by Glenn Blain [ PDF ]
PIX11 - June 8, 2016
NYC super claims he was fired for refusing to snoop on tenants of rent-stabilized apartments
by Joe Mauceri [ PDF ]
( Video )
DNA INFO NEW YORK - June 8, 2016
Super Axed For Refusing to Snoop Around Rent-Regulated Apartments: Lawsuit by James Fanelli  [ PDF ]
BRICK UNDERGROUND - Apr. 21, 2016
Detangling "succession rights," a complicated issue for rent-regulated tenants
by Alanna Schubach [ PDF ]
SOUTH BROOKLY LEGAL SERVICES - Feb. 19, 2016
Mayor de Blasio holds press conference to make announcement with Attorney General Eric Schneiderman and NYS Homes and Community Renewal Commissioner Darryl Towns
VIDEO
NEW YORK TIMES - Jan. 13, 2016
U.S. will track secret buyers of luxury real estate
by Louise Story [ PDF ]
Tenants betrayed
by Sue Susman [ PDF ]
NYTENANT.NET - June 17, 2015
Tenants: Cuomo's Tenant Protection Unit a flop; harassment continues
by David Howard King [ PDF ]
AM NEW YORK - June 12, 2015
Groups call for protecting NY rent laws
by Ivan Pereira [ PDF ]
NYC - Feb. 19, 2015
Governor Cuomo, A.G. Schneiderman, Mayor Bill de Blasio Join Forces
to Combat Landlord Harassment of Tenants
[ Local Video ]
NEW YORK TIMES - Feb. 19,2015
New York City and state officials joining forces to combat tenant harassment
by Nikita Stewart [ PDF ]
VILLAGE VOICE - Oct. 22, 2014
Burning down the house
by Anna Merlan [ PDF ]
CREATAVIST - Sept., 2014
Destablilized: The fight for rent-stabilized apartments in New York
by Julia Shu and Zahra Ahmed [ PDF ]
NEW YORK TIMES - July 2, 2014
There Goes the Neighborhood cafe
by Danny Meyers [ PDF ]
COMMERCIAL OBSERVER - Apr. 10, 2013
Robert Perl: The East Village’s counterculture landlord
by Billy Gray [ PDF ]
NEW YORK DAILY NEWS - May 28, 2012
Manhattan resident wins 'counter' argument
by Barbara Ross and Helen Kennedy [ PDF ]
THE VILLAGE VOICE - Dec. 8, 2010
How can a religious person justify being a slumlord?
by Elizabeth Dwoskin [ PDF ]
NEW YORK TIMES - May 24, 2010
Vanishing Treasure: The Rent-Regulated Apartment
by Christine Haughney [ PDF ]
NY1 - Apr. 14, 2018
Landlord Francis Greenberger-Time Equities:
Deplorable Conditions leaving Deborah Privitello and her 3 children constructively evicted and made to vacate her home of 26 years (Video)
WND FRONT PAGE - Aug. 11, 2005
FLY THE FLAG, GET EVICTED? [
PDF ]
NEW YORK POST - Aug. 9, 2005
LANDLORD RELENTS ON FLAG BAN by Leela De Krester [
PDF ]
NEW YORK POST - Aug. 8, 2005
STRIFE - LANDLORD: LOSE OLD GLORY, OR ELSE
by Leela De Krester [ PDF ]
VILLAGE VOICE - Jul. 27, 1999
Your Landlord's Dick
by J.A. Lobbia [ PDF ]