#NYC tenant runs amok, stabs neighbor: landlord

#NYC tenant runs amok, stabs neighbor: landlord

“NYC tenant runs amok, stabs neighbor: landlord” A Queens woman who allegedly spent months harassing her neighbor and landlord was arrested Saturday for stabbing her fellow tenant, police and witnesses told The Post. The alleged attacker and the victim each rented separate units in the multi-family home in South Ozone Park, where the landlord lived…

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#Thanksgiving Day fire at Bronx apartment claims two lives

#Thanksgiving Day fire at Bronx apartment claims two lives

“Thanksgiving Day fire at Bronx apartment claims two lives” Two people were killed in an early Thanksgiving Day blaze at a Bronx apartment — while two more residents were hospitalized in critical condition, authorities said. A 60-year-old man and 20-year-old woman died in the inferno that broke out on the second floor of a five-story…

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#’Ghost apartments’ are ghastly, needless bane on the city

#’Ghost apartments’ are ghastly, needless bane on the city

“‘Ghost apartments’ are ghastly, needless bane on the city” New York City is in the midst of a housing crunch — and “ghost apartments,” empty rent-controlled units that are not in any rentable condition, are contributing to it. Almost 50,000 such units need expensive renovations and upgrades (often close to $100,000) before they’d be legal…

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#The shortage of judges in NY’s Housing Court is causing massive pain for both tenants and landlords

#The shortage of judges in NY’s Housing Court is causing massive pain for both tenants and landlords

“The shortage of judges in NY’s Housing Court is causing massive pain for both tenants and landlords” When Gov. Kathy Hochul two weeks ago signed a bill expanding the number of judges in certain judicial districts and Family Court, one branch of the judiciary inexplicably wasn’t included: Housing Court. That oversight is tragic, because Housing…

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#Rent hikes aren’t nearly enough to save NYC’s landlords or housing

#Rent hikes aren’t nearly enough to save NYC’s landlords or housing

“Rent hikes aren’t nearly enough to save NYC’s landlords or housing” Tenant advocates are already squealing after Thursday’s preliminary decision by the city’s Rent Stabilization Guidelines Board to OK modest rent hikes for the city’s 965,000 rent-regulated units. The de Blasio years had fed activists the habit-forming drug of zero-dollar increases — and tenant groups…

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