Tag: Rent Stabilization

Game Changing Loft Law Decision

March 22, 2026   The Loft Law in New York is complicated, and unlike housing laws in other places. The Rent Stabilization Law in New York is complicated, and unlike housing laws in other places. This story lives at the very complicated and misunderstood intersection of the Loft Law and the Rent Stabilization Law.  … Continue reading Game Changing Loft Law Decision

Can I lose my Rent Stabilized apartment because I was away caring for a sick relative?

March 2, 2025   For the next few months in 2025, I am going to spend some time in these pages cross-promoting my very popular podcast, the Tenant Law Podcast - listen on Apple, Spotify, YouTube, or wherever there are awesome podcasts. This blog post expands on Tenant Law Podcast Episode 19.   Today we… Continue reading Can I lose my Rent Stabilized apartment because I was away caring for a sick relative?

Anatomy of a Hairy Apartment Settlement Agreement

February 25, 2024   At this stage in my career journey and at my price-point, I typically do not get hired by landlords of Rent Stabilized buildings unless it is for consulting, development, or for a very hairy apartment or building situation. This story is about a very very hairy apartment situation.   To start… Continue reading Anatomy of a Hairy Apartment Settlement Agreement

When tenant-lawyers pull the trigger on litigation too quickly they can derail their client’s housing goals.

October 28, 2023 According to the New York City Rent Guidelines Board 2023 Housing Supply Report, there are approximately an equal number of free-market (1,023,000) and Rent Stabilized (1,006,000) rental apartments in New York City. The hard part sometimes is knowing in which category an apartment is properly placed. This is so because there are… Continue reading When tenant-lawyers pull the trigger on litigation too quickly they can derail their client’s housing goals.

If you wait by the river long enough…$450K Buyout for Tenant with No Litigation

August 31, 2023 I represented a residential tenant who was in an apartment that was being treated as free market. The tenant came to me, not because he suspected he was Rent Stabilized, but because the new owner of the building was doing some illegal Airbnb, which was bothering the tenant and his family. Getting… Continue reading If you wait by the river long enough…$450K Buyout for Tenant with No Litigation

Winning a Tenant a Rent Stabilized Apartment, a Forever Home

April 30, 2023 Last Fall, I won a trial on behalf of a residential tenant and secured him a Rent Stabilized apartment, a forever home. This was a 421a building being treated as a cooperative, which was really a rental building. My client was sued as a free-market tenant. By the end of the trial,… Continue reading Winning a Tenant a Rent Stabilized Apartment, a Forever Home