Cuomo to target utility companies, resources for landlords, & more

By Jennifer White Karp | January 11, 2021 - 10:30AM

In his State of the State address, Governor Andrew Cuomo will propose that utility companies be barred from cutting services while the Covid emergency is effect (New York Daily News)

A new law that unmasks anonymous LLC buyers may not have an immediate impact on the already battered super-luxury market (Gothamist)

The City Council’s land use committee is considering a bill that would mandate a racial disparity study for some rezonings (The Real Deal)

Advice for landlords whose tenants haven’t paid rent in months (The New York Times)

For a new round of Covid relief, tenants need to show that they were rent-burdened between April and July, among other qualifications (Gothamist)

Two massive, 24-hour Covid-19 vaccination sites opened at the Army Terminal in Sunset Park in Brooklyn and the Bathgate Industrial Park in Morrisiana in the Bronx (New York Post)

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