Tenants

NYCHA

NYCHA Rent Hikes Coming for Tenants Deemed ‘Over Income’

June 15, 2023, 1:38 p.m.June 15, 2023, 7:44 p.m.

Last week, the Housing Authority sent notices to 290 households with higher income saying they must pay higher rent, and foot the bill for utilities.

NYCHA

At NYCHA Complex That Suffered Arsenic Scare, Tenants Distrust Toxic-Soil Excavation

June 12, 2023, 5:00 a.m.June 11, 2023, 2:02 p.m.

Hurricane Sandy recovery work at Manhattan’s Riis Houses kicked up dust from dirt contaminated by a long-ago gas plant, THE CITY found.

Climate Change

Landlords Will Soon Have to Inform Tenants About Flood Risks

May 30, 2023, 5:00 a.m.March 14, 2024, 2:23 p.m.

To help renters make better-informed choices, leases must disclose a property’s propensity to flood and whether it suffered flood damage in the past.

Williamsburg

Unending Raw Sewage Leak Plagues Williamsburg Public Housing Development

May 4, 2023, 4:28 p.m.May 4, 2023, 4:28 p.m.

NYCHA sends maintenance workers to clean up after each new effusion, but “they’re not hitting the root cause” as sidewalks permanently stained brown force pedestrians to detour into oncoming traffic.

How to New York

How to Throw a Block Party in New York City

April 25, 2023, 5:00 a.m.May 2, 2024, 1:53 p.m.

Just in time for the warm weather, learn how to organize outdoor parties in your neighborhood — it’s not as daunting as you might think.

Chinatown residents rally outside Manhattan Civil Court in favor of protecting affordable rents, April 19, 2023.

Tenants

Chinatown Residents Rally for a Good Cause Eviction Law, and Against Ever Higher Rents

April 19, 2023, 7:36 p.m.April 20, 2023, 4:05 p.m.

Protesters said that small landlords upset with their tenants should be directing their anger at their banks instead.

Tenants

East Village Tenants Say New Landlord Is Pushing Them Out

March 31, 2023, 11:38 a.m.March 31, 2023, 1:29 p.m.

Long-time residents say they’re being hit with huge rent increases that have unsettled their lives and forced some of them to leave the building.

Housing Court

Tenants’ Friday Night Plans: Testifying at Curiously Timed City Eviction Lawyer Hearing

Feb. 21, 2023, 5:05 a.m.Feb. 23, 2023, 9:57 a.m.

At a time when most tenants in Housing Court lack an attorney, and lawyers are going on strike, official review of the ‘Right to Counsel’ law won’t start until the work week ends.

Tenants

Mitchell-Lama Tenants in Far Rockaway Sue Landlord for Neglect and Harassment

Feb. 15, 2023, 5:05 a.m.Feb. 15, 2023, 11:05 a.m.

A $29 million state loan was supposed to help fund the rehabilitation of two Mitchell-Lama rental buildings, but tenants say living conditions remain dire.

FAQ NYC

LISTEN: Building a Bigger Tent to Build More Housing

Jan. 22, 2023, 12:40 p.m.April 3, 2025, 1:16 p.m.

Open New York is an organization advocating to make it easier to build and manage housing in New York City — and now it’s broadening its agenda to also advances in tenants’ rights. Will that be enough to change state laws and neighborhood politics to get more housing built — and will building more […]

Tenants

NYCHA Rent Hikes Coming for Tenants Deemed ‘Over Income’

At NYCHA Complex That Suffered Arsenic Scare, Tenants Distrust Toxic-Soil Excavation

Landlords Will Soon Have to Inform Tenants About Flood Risks

Unending Raw Sewage Leak Plagues Williamsburg Public Housing Development

How to Throw a Block Party in New York City

Chinatown Residents Rally for a Good Cause Eviction Law, and Against Ever Higher Rents

East Village Tenants Say New Landlord Is Pushing Them Out

Tenants’ Friday Night Plans: Testifying at Curiously Timed City Eviction Lawyer Hearing

Mitchell-Lama Tenants in Far Rockaway Sue Landlord for Neglect and Harassment

LISTEN: Building a Bigger Tent to Build More Housing

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