Tenant Law Podcast

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Tenant Law Podcast

Welcome to the Tenant Law Podcast, where we talk about new, interesting, and/or important legal cases affecting New York City tenants. In this 10-minute pod, first, we give you some background, so you have the context to understand the case we are discussing. Then, we talk about the case. And finally, we explain why the case is important, and give you our Tenant Takeaway! New York City, the law belongs to you. But your ownership of the law is only as great as your understanding of the law. So, let’s learn, to live better! Ask us questions: tenantlawpodcast@gmail.com NOT LEGAL ADVICE Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/tenant-law-podcast/support

  1. 16 OCT

    Episode 35: It’s Cold Out! How to Make a Lack of Heat Complaint in NYC

    In Episode 35 we discuss what the New York City heating requirements are and how to enforce your rights if you are not getting the requisite amount of heat. Links: • Tenant Law Podcast Website • NYC HPD Website for Heating Standards and Making Heat Complaints • DHCR Heat Complaints for Rent Stabilized Tenants • Suggest future topics at questions@tenantlearningplatform.com. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/tenant-law-podcast/support

    13 min

  2. 8 OCT

    Episode 34: What happens if NYC issues a Vacate Order against your apartment?

    In Episode 34 we discuss what happens if a New York City agency issues a Vacate Order against your apartment. We tackle the following questions. Does the landlord have to restore the apartment? How will you know what is going on with the apartment? How can you make the landlord fix the apartment and remove the Vacate Order more quickly? How can you make sure the landlord does not fix the apartment and rent it to somebody else? What if you want to break the lease because of the Vacate Order? Links: • Tenant Law Podcast Website • HPD pamphlet about Vacate Orders • DOB page regarding Vacate Orders • DHCR information sheet “Tenants Rights To Regain Occupancy After Fire Damage/Vacate Order” • Reid v. 590 Maple Ventures • Sanjuro v. Milio • Vargas v. 112 Suffolk Street • Suggest future topics at questions@tenantlearningplatform.com --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/tenant-law-podcast/support

    27 min

  3. 23 SEPT

    Episode 33: How to Challenge Your Rent Arrears Statement

    In Episode 33 we discuss two Housing Court cases that were dismissed because the Rent Demands served upon the tenants as predicates to those cases were confusing. If your Rent Demand is gobbledygook, you may be able to get the current case against you dismissed. In general, whether there is a court case against you or not, if your landlord says you owe arrears, she must be able to explain to you exactly what charges are outstanding. Links: Tenant Law Podcast Website Today’s Cases: Lincoln Sponsor LLC v. Wellington, 2024 WL 1916096 [New York City Civil Court, Kings County, Housing Part 2024] and Newport Gardens Apartment, L.P. v. Surles, 2024 WL 2195446 [New York City Civil Court, Kings County, Housing Part 2024] Suggest future topics at questions@tenantlearningplatform.com --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/tenant-law-podcast/support

    10 min

  4. 30 AGO

    Episode 32: You Cannot Be Evicted for Being a Victim of Domestic Violence

    In Episode 32 we discuss the City, State, and Federal laws that protect victims of domestic violence in housing matters. We look at a very important case where a landlord tried to evict a tenant, when her adult mentally ill son perpetrated serious acts of domestic violence against her. Links: • Tenant Law Podcast Website • Today’s Case • If you believe you have been the victim of discrimination, contact Law Enforcement Bureau of the New York City Commission on Human Rights to file a complaint. • NYC Commission on Human Rights Pamphlet on “Protections for Victims/Survivors of Domestic Violence Against Housing Discrimination” • Federal Violence Against Women Act • Suggest future topics at questions@tenantlearningplatform.com --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/tenant-law-podcast/support

    12 min

  5. 18 AGO

    Episode 31: Are lease-break fees legal?

    In Episode 31 we discuss a fascinating case pending in the New York Courts regarding lease-break fees. Links: • Tenant Law Podcast Website • The Complaint in Today’s Case • The Memorandum of Law in Support of a Motion to Dismiss Today’s Case • Suggest future topics at questions@tenantlearningplatform.com. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/tenant-law-podcast/support

    11 min

  6. 11 AGO

    Episode 30: Proving How Long Your Apartment Has Needed Repairs, So You Can Get a Rent Abatement and/or Proper Repairs

    In Episode 30 we discuss a case where the tenant lost a lot of relevant text messages about conditions in their apartment, because they changed phones and lost text messages. Not only did they not have that evidence to help them, but a court punished them for not producing those items during discovery in the lawsuit. We talk about how to avoid these problems. And we suggest how to use evidence spoilation rules to your benefit, to show how long you have been forced to wait for much needed repairs, so that you can get proper repairs and/or a rent abatement. Links: • Today’s Case: A3 Investments Sa v. Linnett [Supreme Court, New York County, 2023] • Free Booklet: The Laws About Getting Paint Jobs and Repairs in Your NYC Apartment • Suggest future topics at questions@tenantlearningplatform.com --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/tenant-law-podcast/support

    11 min

  7. 29 JUL

    Episode 29: Important Questions About the New Good Cause Eviction Law – a Discussion with Two Super Experienced Landlord-Tenant Lawyers

    In Episode 29, we conclude our initial four-part series on the historic new Good Cause Eviction Law, by having an awesome panel of highly experienced New York City landlord-tenant litigators discuss the law. Randi Gilbert, Esq. is a partner at Horing Welikson Rosen & Digrugilliers, PC and she represents landlords. Seth A. Miller, Esq. is a partner at Collins, Dobin & Miller and he represents tenants. How do I know these two people? I know them as adversaries. Sometimes I am Randi’s adversary because I am representing a tenant, and sometimes I am Seth’s adversary, because I am representing a landlord. I can tell you that these are two of the smartest people in landlord-tenant work in New York City today. And I have always been impressed with Randi’s and Seth’s devotion to holding up the highest ethical standards in our profession. But forget my opinion, the fact is, if you take all the major appellate cases that have shaped our landlord-tenant jurisprudence over the last 30 years, either one or both, Randi Gilbert and/or Seth Miller, are involved in many of those cases. These are the people who literally shape the law. The Good Cause Eviction Law is a complete game changer. In Episode 25, I explained how Good Cause Eviction works and how it protects tenants. In Episode 26, I explained who Good Cause protects, and how you can figure out whether it protects you. In Episode 27, I covered Good Cause Eviction’s new sweeping notice requirements. Now, in this Episode 29, I’m giving you a unique chance to be a fly on the wall to listen to an in-depth shoptalk among the lawyers who will be litigating over the Good Cause Eviction statute for the rest of their careers. One more thing. This show has not been at all political; you do not need me for that. But there was really no way to offer you this authentic content in this Episode 29 without having a little bit of politics sneak on in, because these lawyers are warriors for their clients. Let’s just say they have strong opinions. Also, it gets a little wonky, and you might not understand every reference to every section of the statute, but that does not matter, you will get the gist. And the bottom line remains that you will not hear conversations like this anywhere else. As I always say, the law belongs to you New York, but your ownership of the law is only as great as your understanding of the law. So, let’s learn, to live better. Now let’s talk to Randi Gilbert and Seth Miller. Links: • Tenant Law Podcast Website • Randi Gilbert, Esq. is a partner at Horing Welikson Rosen & Digrugilliers, PC and she represents landlords. • Seth A. Miller, Esq. is a partner at Collins, Dobin & Miller, and he represents tenants. • Good Cause Eviction Law Bill (Go to Part HH) • Suggest future topics at questions@tenantlearningplatform.com. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/tenant-law-podcast/support

    42 min

  8. 5 JUL

    Episode 28: What can you do about the hazards caused by warehoused (vacant) apartments in your building? NYC Local Law 1 of 2024!

    In Episode 28 we discuss what you can do if you suffer bad consequences from your landlord warehousing empty apartments in your building by examining NYC Local law 1 of 2024. This raises two immediate questions. First, why would a landlord not rent out an empty apartment? Second, why would perpetually empty apartments bother other tenants in the building? There is a phenomenon in New York City, when a rent regulated tenant leaves an apartment after being there for a long time, where sometimes a landlord does not re-rent the apartment. The landlord might perceive that the cost of getting the apartment in rentable shape, which is pretty worn down after somebody living there for decades, is more than they will make over a long period of time with a new rent regulated rent, which is going to be below market. I am not saying that the landlords are right; I am not saying that landlords are wrong. This is a political issue, and this is not a political show, there are no shortage of those. This show is about the practical things you can do right now to live better in your NYC apartment. And my point simply is that there is no dispute that many apartments are being warehoused. The reason it is tough on existing tenants to have units that are warehoused and sitting empty is because, you know the saying - “idle hands do the devil’s work”. Well, empty apartments are the source of a lot of problems in a building. Usually, the apartments that are warehoused are apartments that were in bad shape to begin with. If there is a persistent leak, and if nobody is there to complain about it, then the leak can go on and on and cause a mold condition on walls, ceilings, and floors that can get worse and worse and that can end up affecting other apartments, either via the air circulation in the building or from the condition spreading on surfaces. Empty apartments can be havens for mice and rats. Sometimes, if the heat is not on in an empty apartment, it can cause pipes to freeze and burst. What if there is no one changing the batteries in the smoke detector in an unoccupied apartment? G-d forbid there is a gas leak in the unit. And then there are other problems. Sometimes building personnel who are aware that an apartment is empty will use the apartment behind the owner’s back for nefarious purposes. The owner is not on site in the super is, so the super has a lot of power. So sometimes supers or building managers get up to untoward things in vacant apartments. Even worse, sometimes people from the outside break in and will squat in an empty apartment and that is extremely bad for the legitimate tenants of the building. In this episode, we look closely at the new NYC Local Law 1 of 2024, which allows you to make complaints that the New York City Department of Housing Preservation and Development is obligated to follow up on regarding unoccupied apartments in your building. Links: • Tenant Law Podcast Website • Today’s Law = NYC Local Law 1 of 2024 • Suggest future topics at questions@tenantlearningplatform.com --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/tenant-law-podcast/support

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Welcome to the Tenant Law Podcast, where we talk about new, interesting, and/or important legal cases affecting New York City tenants. In this 10-minute pod, first, we give you some background, so you have the context to understand the case we are discussing. Then, we talk about the case. And finally, we explain why the case is important, and give you our Tenant Takeaway! New York City, the law belongs to you. But your ownership of the law is only as great as your understanding of the law. So, let’s learn, to live better! Ask us questions: tenantlawpodcast@gmail.com NOT LEGAL ADVICE Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/tenant-law-podcast/support

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    2023 - 2024
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