New York General Information
Note: NY tenant laws were substantially changed in June 1997
and the below documents have not yet been updated. Refer to
the 1997 Rent Reform Law.
New York Rent and Housing Legal Information
Note: NY tenant laws were substantially changed in June 1997
and the below documents have not yet been updated. Refer to
the 1997 Rent Reform Law.
Housing History and Economics
Community Concerns
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Observations of Life on the Lower East Side
Jacob Riis’ “How The Other Half Lives” — 1890 expose on NYC living conditions
History of the Tenant Movement in New York City, 1904-1984
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NYC Housing Vacancy Survey (HVS)
Rent Guidelines Board Research, 1998
(income, expenses and affordability of NYC housing)
Rent Guidelines Board Research, 1997
(income, expenses and affordability of NYC housing)
Rent Guidelines Board Research, 1996
(income, expenses and affordability of NYC housing)
Rent Guidelines Board Research, 1995
(income, expenses and affordability of NYC housing)
Rent Guidelines Board Research, 1994
(income, expenses and affordability of NYC housing)
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Rent Regulation in New York City: A Briefing Book (CTRC)
NYC Zoning Handbook
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Confiscating Reality: The Illusion of [Rent] Controls in the Big Apple (Brooklyn Law Review 1989)
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Bleak House: DHCR at the Crossroads (Investigation of DHCR 1987)
NYC Code Enforcement system allows massive Landlord Fraud
Cities Within Cities
NY City Council takes aim at Business Improvement Districts (BIDs)
Managing the Micropolis
1997 Update proposes limiting BID power
Net Loss: Secondary Effects of City Budget-Cut Proposals
NYC Comptroller Report
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Miscellaneous
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