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

… didnt go as far as extending protections to marketrate tenants through the good cause eviction bill This would have … a lease plus a ban on landlords using the tenant blacklist even though enforcement for this last one may be difficult Editors note An earlier version of this …

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

… to a freezing apartment and wound up in housing court You may have found that you have had trouble renting ever since because that trip to housing court landed you on the tenant blacklist Its easier to get on the socalled tenant blacklist than …

By Emily Myers |July 17, 2019 - 9:00AM
A new bill aims to take on the infamous "tenant blacklist"—but is it enough to help renters?

… Its no secret that the socalled tenant blacklist has been the bane of New York City renters pretty much … with your apartment and your landlord refuses to fix it you may want to take the first step of filing an HP action which …

By Virginia K. Smith |August 19, 2016 - 1:45PM
What to do when you're subletting from a co-op's resident deadbeat

… apartment sans lawsuits but not necessarily a renter in a coop wrote to the New York Times this weekend about the … tenant in this situation should take their concerns to the coop board or managing agent and offer to pay rent directly … know Do I really have to pay a 25 percent fee to sublet my coop Real New Yorkers speak my best and worst sublet ever …

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