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Tenant Alert
Tenants Counsel Network Shut Down: Were You a Client? Here's How to Get a Refund
NY’s AG shut down Tenants Counsel Network, which took money from tenants facing eviction and never showed up in court. How to get your money back.
Data & Trends
NYC Eviction Process in 2026: Housing Court, Free Lawyers, and Your Rights
NYC carried out more than 19,000 evictions in 2025 — a seven-year high — and 2026 is tracking higher. Half of tenants go to court without a lawyer.
Case Watch
Two May 2026 Demolition-Eviction Cases Testing the Good Cause Loophole
Two Manhattan landlords invoked Good Cause Eviction's demolition exception this spring — at 141 Second Avenue and 303 West 74th Street. What Housing Court decides will shape how the loophole gets read going forward.
Financial Relief
Behind on Rent in NYC? A New City Program May Keep You from Getting Evicted
A new $5M NYC program lets your landlord borrow to cover your overdue rent instead of evicting you. Who qualifies and how to raise it with your landlord.
TENANT-BRIEF
What Internet Providers Are Available at Your NYC Address?
Two apartments on one block can have different ISPs. Check Verizon Fios, Spectrum, Optimum and Astound availability at any NYC address before you sign.
Data piece
What Public Records Show About Queens Residential Buildings
Six large Queens buildings, reviewed on public records — HPD violations, 311 complaints, and rent-stabilization data. What the city’s data shows.
Tenant brief
How to File a DHCR Service Reduction Complaint When Your Landlord Cuts Building Services
If your landlord cuts a service that came with your rent-stabilized apartment — doorman, laundry, parking — file DHCR form RA-81 to get your rent lowered.
Tenant brief
NYC Lead Paint Laws: What Tenants with Children Need to Know
NYC landlords must test for and fix lead paint where a child under six lives (Local Law 31). How it works and how to get a free HPD inspection via 311.
TENANT-BRIEF
NYC Roommate Law and Subletting: What Tenants Are Allowed to Do
NY’s Roommate Law (RPL §235-f) lets you take one roommate whatever your lease says — plus the rent-stabilized share rule most tenants never hear about.
MARKET-BRIEF
Las Raices Apartments: 65 Affordable Units in East Harlem, Applications Open Through June 16
The affordable housing lottery for Las Raices Apartments — 65 rent-stabilized units across four newly constructed buildings in East Harlem — is open through June 16, 2026. All units are set aside at 40 to 80 percent of Area Median Income.
POLICY-BRIEF
New York State Exempts Most New Housing from Environmental Review. Here Is What Changed.
Hochul signed a law exempting most new residential construction from NY’s SEQRA review — the biggest change since 1975. What it means for housing.
POLICY-BRIEF
Mayor Mamdani's "Block by Block" Plan: What It Proposes for NYC Housing
Mayor Mamdani’s Block by Block plan targets 200,000 new and 200,000 preserved affordable homes over a decade, backed by $22B. What the plan proposes.
TENANT-BRIEF
How to Use Housing Court to Get Your Landlord to Make Repairs: The HP Action
An HP Action is a Housing Court case that forces your landlord to make repairs — $45 (waivable), three forms, no lawyer. When to use it and how to file.
TENANT-BRIEF
No Heat or Hot Water in Your NYC Apartment? The Exact Temperatures Your Landlord Owes You (2026)
NYC heat season runs October 1 – May 31, but hot water is required at 120°F year-round. The exact temperatures landlords must maintain, what to do when there's no hot water, and how to check a building's record before you sign.
MARKET-BRIEF
What Public Records Show About Eight Large Bronx Residential Buildings
Eight large Bronx complexes, scored on public records — HPD violations, 311 complaints, DOB filings, and rent-stabilization history. What the data shows.
GUIDE
How to Apply to the NYC Housing Connect Lottery
NYC Housing Connect is the city’s free affordable-housing lottery. Build a profile, meet the income limits, and apply before the deadline — it’s random.
Market Brief
How 96 NYC Residential Buildings Score on Public Records
Weverit generated building reports for 96 large residential complexes across New York City — public housing, co-ops, and market-rate rentals — drawn from HPD, 311, DOB, and rent-stabilization records. Here is what the grade distribution across those buildings shows.
Policy Brief
Landlord Income Was Up 6%. Tenant Rent Burden Is Above 50%.
The Rent Guidelines Board reviews two numbers as it heads toward its late June vote. According to its own staff data, landlord net operating income rose 6% in 2024. More than half of NYC renter households now pay more than a third of their income in rent. The board must reconcile these numbers in setting rent adjustments for one million stabilized apartments.
Investigation
What happens after NYC discharges one of its most distressed apartment buildings from AEP? We tracked 2,957 of them.
We tracked 2,957 buildings discharged from NYC's Alternative Enforcement Program. New serious violations drop fourfold — and 40% of all returns to the program happen within two years.
Investigation
The Eviction Map Has a Pattern. It's the Same Pattern Every Year.
NYC Comptroller data shows eviction filings concentrate in upper Manhattan, the south Bronx, and central Brooklyn — the same lower-income areas every year.