How NYC’s new rent reforms affect you even if you’re not a stabilized tenant: A blacklist ban, security deposit limit, & more

… New Yorks landmark rent reforms didnt go as far as extending protections to marketrate tenants through the good cause eviction bill … universal rent control would have been unprecedented However there are some changes in the rent reform package …

By Emily Myers |December 24, 2019 - 10:00AM
New law says NY landlords cannot reject you for being on the 'tenant blacklist'—but they might try anyway

… Lets say that years ago you withheld rent in order to force your landlord to do provide heat to a freezing … legislation on the issue and it will be a matter of seeing how it pans out in practice … You cant ban public …

By Emily Myers |July 17, 2019 - 9:00AM
The Brick Underground Podcast: Your guide to the NYC tenant blacklist, and how to stay off of it

… On this months podcast we talked to attorney James Fishman of the firm Fishman Rozen James is … authority on the dreaded tenant blacklist Withholding rent is one of the primary methods New York tenants have for … We talked to James about the form it currently takes how to stay off of it and what to do if your name ends up in …

By Nathan Tempey |February 1, 2018 - 9:00AM
What to do when you're subletting from a co-op's resident deadbeat

… Youd think paying your rent on time and in full would be enough to guarantee you a spot in your apartment sans lawsuits but … Unfortunately you may end up in legal trouble no matter  how  you handle the situation If you continue to pay the …

By Virginia K. Smith |November 17, 2014 - 12:20PM