The Rent and Mortgage Cancellation Act of 2020, introduced on July 10, 2020 by Assemblymember Yuh-Line Niou (D) and Senator Julia Salazar (D), proposes to cancel residential rent payments and mortgages for small homeowners...more
New York State Senate Bill 8125-A, introduced on March 23, 2020 by Senator Michael Gianaris (D), proposes to provide rent relief to New Yorkers affected by the outbreak of the coronavirus (COVID-19).
S.B. 8125-A would...more
On Monday, July 15, 2019, a group of industry trade associations and building owners filed a federal lawsuitnaming the City of New York, Rent Guidelines Board (RGB), and a number of state and local officials as defendants,...more
On Friday afternoon, June 14, 2019, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo signed into law Senate Bill S6458, also known as the “Housing Stability and Tenant Protection Act of 2019” (the new “Rent Regulations”), after the bill passed the...more