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Tenants also have the right to report housing code violations without the risk of retaliatory evictions. This protection extends to lease renewals—in Edwards v. Habib , the court established that landlords cannot refuse to renew a tenant's lease for reporting a code violation. [ 44 ]
Between October 2013 and May 2014, New York City completed about $5.1 million in emergency repairs when building owners failed to restore heat, hot water or both after being served with violation ...
AOLIn New York, landlords are required to heat buildings to at least 68 degrees Fahrenheit when daytime temperatures fall below 55 outside. By Sebastien Malo NEW YORK -- When Tom Hunter and his ...
A nuisance ordinance, also referred to as a crime-free ordinance or a disorderly house ordinance, is a local law usually passed on the town, city, or municipality level of government that aims to legally punish both landlords and tenants for crimes that occur on a property or in a neighborhood.
In 1963 the Legislature passed the Rumford Fair Housing Act, prohibiting housing discrimination in all rental properties of four or more units on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin and ancestry. In 1980, Governor Jerry Brown, and the Legislature reorganized civil rights enforcement. The FEPA and the Rumford Fair Housing Act ...
The Bronx County Housing Court, which found Loutan in civil contempt of an earlier order and judgment, directed that Loutan be fined and remanded to jail until such time as the violations are ...
The State Housing Law of 1926 created the State Board of Housing. [5] [6] The law was reenacted in 1927 to create the Bureau of Housing. [7] Article XVIII on housing was added to the New York Constitution effective 1 January 1939. [8] The Division of Housing was continued in 1939 with the enactment of the Public Housing Law.
HARTFORD — A Bloomfield real estate company selected for two housing developments on high-profile, city-owned land in Hartford’s North End does not appear to have housing code violations at ...