Latest news with #GoodCauseEvictionLaw
Yahoo
24-02-2025
- Yahoo
Good Cause Eviction training sessions to be held this week
BINGHAMTON, N.Y. (WIVT/WBGH) – Binghamton City Council is looking to educate the community on its newly passed legislation. After months of meetings, hearing both positive feedback and push back, Binghamton City Council unanimously passed the Good Cause Eviction Law on February 12. City Council says Good Cause Eviction will prohibit landlords from making unwarranted evictions, prevent rent hikes, and hold bad landlords accountable. As part of City Council's commitment to supporting both tenants and landlords in navigating the implementation of the law, CNY Fair Housing will host training sessions later this week. The sessions will include information about the legislation's expanded protections and protocol requirements. From Councilmember Nate Hotchkiss introduced the local law late last year. Good Cause Eviction passes through Binghamton City Council 'While we look forward to the positive impact Good Cause Eviction law will have on housing stability for local residents, we recognize that even good change can come with challenges. This week's training is just the first among several opportunities being coordinated to make ongoing education and legal expertise available to those impacted by the anticipated adoption,' said Hotchkiss. The Fair Housing training for Landlords will be held on Thursday from 10 to 11:30 a.m. in the Ahearn Room at the Broome County Public Library. The Fair Housing training for Service Providers and Tenants will also be held in the Ahearn Room on Thursday, taking place from 2 to 3:30. Big Lots in Vestal closing, hosting inventory sale Delaware County man accused of child sex abuse Good Cause Eviction training sessions to be held this week Tickets for annual 'Meet the Ponies' event on sale now Philharmonic honors America with latest Pops performance Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Yahoo
13-02-2025
- Politics
- Yahoo
Good Cause Eviction passes through Binghamton City Council
BINGHAMTON, NY (WIVT/WBGH) – After months of meetings, hearing both positive feedback and push back, Binghamton City Council unanimously passed the Good Cause Eviction Law yesterday. City Council says Good Cause Eviction will prohibit landlords from making unwarranted evictions, prevent rent hikes, and hold bad landlords accountable. The law has been adopted by 12 municipalities across the state to address homelessness resulting from forced displacement. Majority leader, Rebecca Rathmell says almost 2,000 people, including 700 families with children, faced homelessness in Broome County last year. City Council says it is working to distribute educational materials for landlords and tenants, plus, it's developing a monitoring strategy to track the law's impact and allow for future amendments. The law needs a final signature from Mayor Kraham to take effect. But Kraham doesn't fully support the law. He released a statement that says, bringing New York City style housing regulations to Binghamton will backfire. Pushing out good landlords, discouraging investment in rental properties, and hurting the very people this legislation intends to help. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
New York Times
08-02-2025
- Business
- New York Times
What Happens to My Rent When the Building's Tax Benefit Expires?
Q: We rent a market-rate unit in a building in Manhattan with 421-a benefits, which expire in July 2026. This has allowed us to enjoy the benefits of rent stabilization for a limited time. Our lease expires in March 2026, and our unit will no longer be under rent stabilization as of July 2026. Will we receive another rent-stabilized lease that March? Will it be for one year or two years? Once the 421-a benefits expire, will they simply not renew our leases, or change the rent to whatever they want? A: New York's 421-a program is designed to incentivize developers to build dwellings in exchange for partial tax benefits over a period of time. When a rental building receives this benefit, its units can be subject to rent stabilization and the rights that come with it. If your unit is rent stabilized when you sign your new lease next March, then you, not your landlord, will be able to choose whether to renew for one or two years. The building owner must include information about the 421-a tax benefits in a lease rider. Once the benefits expire, your rent-stabilization protections will end when your lease ends, as long as the riders were included in every lease packet. At that point, your rent would increase. The first thing you should do is look back on every lease you have received for this apartment. If there is not a rider with each one informing you of the tax benefits, and the anticipated date of the upcoming deregulation, printed in 12-point font, then your unit could be rent stabilized until you or a lawful successor permanently vacates, said Samuel R. Marchese, a partner at BurgherGray in New York. Once your unit is no longer under rent stabilization, New York state's Good Cause Eviction Law could protect you from eviction or from a landlord who declines to renew your lease without good cause. The law protects market-rate tenants, though it has exceptions. 'And of course, the tenant must not engage in conduct which would be 'good cause' for an eviction, such as nonpayment of rent or violating other terms of the lease,' said David A. Kaminsky, a real estate lawyer in New York. The law also protects against eviction for nonpayment of rent in the case of unreasonable rent increases. Rent increases are deemed unreasonable when they exceed the rate of inflation plus 5 percent. But again, there are exceptions, such as if the landlord has done work on the building. The state housing agency publishes the reasonable rent increase by Aug. 1 every year.
Yahoo
30-01-2025
- Politics
- Yahoo
City Council postpones Good Cause Eviction to amend the law
BINGHAMTON, NY (WIVT/WBGH) – Binghamton City Council decided to postpone its vote on the proposed Good Cause Eviction Law yesterday but remains optimistic that it could be passed as early as next week. Council member Rebecca Rathmell spoke with News 34 and says city council decided not to vote on the law at its meeting yesterday, to amend some of its language, so it can take effect as soon as possible. The law would create additional protections for tenants against unjust, retaliatory evictions, it would limit rent increases of more than 10% and would allow tenants to renew their lease if they didn't violate it or fail to pay rent. She says the focus on Good Cause Eviction, is a reflection of the current housing crisis which she says requires urgent action. Rathmell says with the current language, the law wouldn't take effect until 60 days after being passed, so city council is looking to amend it, so it takes effect as soon as it passed. As well as amending the definition of a nuisance and a landlord's grounds for temporarily taking a property off of the market, such as for lead abatement. She says the decision comes after talking with other upstate municipalities who have adopted the law, including Rochester. Rathmell says city council may call a special meeting to vote on the new, amended law, as early as next week. She expects the law to pass unanimously. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Yahoo
28-01-2025
- Politics
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City Council voting on Good Cause Eviction Law on Wednesday
BINGHAMTON, N.Y. (WIVT/WBGH) – After introducing the controversial legislature just over a month ago, the Binghamton City Council will vote on the Good Cause Eviction Law during Wednesday's meeting. The City Council announced on Tuesday that voting is on this week's Business Meeting agenda. In a statement, the council thanked the public for their questions, comments, and support, maintaining its belief that local government should be transparent and participatory. City Council also reiterated that its decision to move Good Cause Eviction Law forward is a reflection of the current housing crisis which its members believe warrants urgent action. In December, Councilman Nate Hotchkiss submitted the bill which establishes Good Cause Eviction Protections, limiting the circumstances under which landlords in Binghamton can evict tenants. New York State passed a law in 2024 allowing municipalities to opt into the protections which give renters the right to renew their leases when they expire and limits the amount of rent increases unless they can be justified. Public reactions to Good Cause Eviction at Binghamton town hall After proposing the bill, Hotchkiss said that 59% of Binghamton renters are cost burdened meaning they spend more than 30% of their monthly income on housing. 38% pay more than half of their income. The vote was originally scheduled for December 18 but was postponed after the council faced pushback from the public as well as local leaders including Mayor Jared Kraham. The Binghamton City Council issued the following statement on Tuesday: Proposal of Good Cause Eviction sparks controversy 'After extensive consideration, Binghamton City Council members would like to notify the public that Good Cause Eviction law will be on the Business Meeting agenda to be voted on tomorrow night. We are deeply grateful to everyone who participated in our Town Hall earlier this month and for the many who sent comments and questions or joined us at neighborhood association meetings for further conversation. It remains the firm belief of this Council that local government should be transparent and participatory. We will continue to host opportunities for community members most affected by legislation being considered in City Hall to share their support or express their concerns. We also appreciate the legislators in Rochester, Ithaca, Albany and elsewhere who were willing to offer insight into the impact of Good Cause in their cities and make recommendations regarding its implementation. With 12 municipalities across the state having already expanded tenant protections in this way, we look forward to collaborating and learning from our collective experience. To directly address inquiries consistently brought up in community conversations, we want to be clear that Good Cause Eviction law does not remove the right of landlords to reobtain possession of their properties or to increase rent within a reasonable margin. The rights of landlords to consider evictions for nonpayment, property damage, or other lease violations remain unaffected while protections that prohibit arbitrary eviction or exorbitant rate hikes are ensured. This Council's decision to move Good Cause Eviction law forward is a reflection of our conviction that what has become a housing crisis for too many Binghamton residents warrants urgent action. Study after study has found that chronic displacement within the City has contributed to increases in student mobility, household and neighborhood instability, and homelessness. Municipal leadership has been 'forming committees' and commissions and task forces to discuss local housing inequities for over a decade yet more than 1200 individuals and over 700 families with children faced homelessness in Broome County last year. 'Pressing pause' or 'putting a pin' in this conversation is the kind of inaction that got us here. It will not get us out. This Council also fully acknowledges that reducing displacement is only one piece of an effective approach. Aggressively addressing the deficits in available homes for residents who have been left behind while student and luxury housing development soared remains our long-term focus. In addition to prevention, we will continue to introduce policies to preserve existing stock and produce more deeply affordable housing. Thank you for trusting us to prioritize expanding opportunities for every Binghamton resident to have a safe, stable place to call home.' Debate continues over Binghamton's Good Cause Eviction proposal Good Cause Eviction was first implemented in New York City and has recently been passed in 12 municipalities across the state including Rochester, Albany, and Ithaca. New York State Police identify human remains found near Chemung River Trial continues for alleged Jeffrey Aissa killer City Council voting on Good Cause Eviction Law on Wednesday No school Wednesday? Here's why public schools are off across New York State Binghamton begins demolition of former Anzaroot properties Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
