Tag: tenants

‘Information is power’: New law empowers rent-stabilized tenants to fight overcharges

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May. 29, 2025 By Gabriele Holtermann Landlords who own buildings with one or more rent-stabilized units are now required to post signs informing tenants that the building contains rent-stabilized apartments — a move aimed at empowering tenants to fight illegal rent hikes, demand better living conditions and restore illegally deregulated units. The Rent Transparency…

Separate residential fires leave 24 displaced in East Flatbush days before Christmas

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Dec. 23, 2024 By Kirstyn Brendlen & Lloyd Mitchell Two separate residential fires left 24 people displaced in East Flatbush over the weekend. On Friday, Dec. 20, shortly before 8 p.m., a two-alarm fire broke out at a single-family home on the 800 block of New York Avenue, near Linden Boulevard. When firefighters arrived…

As Gowanus rezoning takes shape, locals move to form BID to protect biz, longtime residents

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Nov. 25, 2024 By Kirstyn Brendlen Three years after the Gowanus rezoning was formally approved, its impacts are sweeping through the neighborhood. Construction is underway at dozens of sites across the neighborhood and some all-new buildings have already topped out and filled with tenants.  But the rezoning included more than just new residential buildings.…

Prospect Lefferts Gardens tenants living without gas for a year accuse landlord of neglect, urge city to take control of building

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Nov. 18, 2024 By Lloyd Mitchell Residents at one Brooklyn apartment building are fired up and fed up, saying they have endured years of neglect and denial of basic necessities from their landlord.  Tenants at 22 Hawthorne St. in Prospect Lefferts Gardens spoke out on Sunday against what they called a pattern of neglect…

City Council passes Brooklyn CM Chi Ossé’s broker fee bill with veto-proof majority

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Nov. 13, 2024 By Ethan Stark-Miller The City Council on Wednesday overwhelmingly voted to free New York renters from having to pay costly real estate broker fees — passing legislation introduced by a Brooklyn Council Member that will make the party who hires a listing agent responsible for footing the bill. The legislation passed…

Brooklyn tenants rally for control of their building after years of no repairs

"No justice, no peace": Crown Heights tenants are fighting to take control of their building after years of no repairs by slumlord and city agencies.

Jan. 23, 2024 By Jada Camille

Tenants of a Crown Heights apartment who got their building owner ousted from management are fighting to take control of their dwelling, and on Tuesday rallied against the former slumlord’s lack of repairs — and slow action from the city since his removal.

Op-Ed | Crystal’s Corner: Protecting Black Futures is a Moral Obligation to Expand and Fully Fund Right to Counsel

Feb. 28, 2023 By Councilmember Crystal Hudson From 2010 to 2020, New York City saw a 9% decline in its Black population. In just the last decade, the District I represent – which includes the neighborhoods of Crown Heights, Prospect Heights, Fort Greene, Clinton Hill, and Bed-Stuy – has experienced a 20% loss in its Black…
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