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Their Landlord Overcharged Them. Now Tenants Will Split $15 Million.

NYTIMES: Blackstone is paying some NYC renters more than $100000 each to resolve claims that they had been overcharged for their apartments.

The owners of three buildings in Manhattan, Brooklyn and Queens are accused in the suits of falsely registering initial rents with the...

The 23 New York landlords and apartment brokers were among 88 accused of routinely turning away Section 8 applicants

Noah Goldberg December 5th, 2021 A Bronx landlord accused of cheating tenants out of years of discounted rent must cough up $1 million to...

A comprehensive investigation by Housing Rights Initiative has uncovered rampant source of income discrimination in Westchester County. A...

Matthew Haag March 15, 2021 The caller was a woman looking to move with her boyfriend into a studio apartment on the Upper East Side of...

Michael Sutherland, Research & Policy Associate at Housing Rights Initiative April 15, 2021 Even after a lengthy legal battle to protect...

Laura Kusisto April 18, 2017 1:20 p.m. ET A group of about 60 apartment tenants is suing one of New York City’s largest landlords,...

By Mara Gay Oct. 18, 2016 6:32 p.m. ET A real-estate firm that received a $100 million tax break from Mayor Bill de Blasio’s...

By Sally Goldenberg 10/19/2016 05:27 PM EDT Mayor Bill de Blasio’s office said a class-action lawsuit filed this week against a...

EXCLUSIVE: Harlem tenants accuse landlord of illegally hiking up rent in over 20 buildings in class action lawsuit By Kerry Burke and...

Harlem landlord Big City Realty cheated rent-stabilized tenants, lawsuit claims Investigation by pro-tenant group says firm handed out...

HUDSON HEIGHTS — A group of tenants living in a building on West 180th Street are accusing their landlord of a “fraudulent scheme to...

How NYC Landlords Kill Affordable Housing by Simply Making Repairs FRIDAY, JUNE 24, 2016 AT 1:13 P.M. BY NEIL DEMAUSE Tenants of 596 East...

Title: #HackHousing Proves That Not All Tech Bros Suck JULY 18, 2016 BY NICOLE DISSER After making my way through a gilded, marble-floor...

Rental Site Helps You Steer Clear of Bad Landlord Using Letter Grades By Amy Zimmer MANHATTAN — It’s rare — and cumbersome — for a...

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