What is the tenant blacklist? Can it prevent me from renting in NYC?

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By Evelyn Battaglia |September 23, 2025 - 9:30AM
Could a more careful online search have stopped the ‘Monster Tenant’?

… work of vetting renters on your own Screening renters is about to get even more complicated as a result of an effort … different depiction She found a 2016 dnainfo article about Los arrest after he refused to pay a $13000 tab for an … … Landlords who choose to do background checks need to know about new rules meant to give New Yorkers with a criminal …

By Jennifer White Karp |December 19, 2024 - 9:30AM
How NYC’s new rent reforms affect you even if you’re not a stabilized tenant: A blacklist ban, security deposit limit, & more

… require guarantors  Davidson says this rule change is less about the upfront costs of renting and more about protecting your security deposit If you as a …

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

… vet tenants is unenforceable He says the rule about the tenant blacklist is one of the most pointless laws … mistakes … If landlords can no longer be transparent about finding your name on the NYC housing court records …

By Emily Myers |July 17, 2019 - 9:00AM
Can we just get rid of the tenant blacklist altogether?

… has introduced legislation to include more information about the actual cases  for instanceis there any reason we … push the new regulations into law If folks are concerned about the blacklist they should contact their local …

By Virginia K. Smith |October 24, 2016 - 8:59AM
A new bill aims to take on the infamous "tenant blacklist"—but is it enough to help renters?

… companies who compile the lists to include more information about the cases which would hypothetically help landlords …

By Virginia K. Smith |August 19, 2016 - 1:45PM
That Airbnb orgy victim? He now says he's "homeless" and on the tenant blacklist

… on and so its costly  … You need to fix this … Airbnb brags about how its growing fast So does cancer Airbnb is a cancer …

By Virginia K. Smith |May 28, 2015 - 4:19PM
What to do when you're subletting from a co-op's resident deadbeat

… a renter in a coop wrote to the New York Times this weekend about the delinquent apartment owner Thanks to this …

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