City sues 'worst landlord,' calling on Albany for tenant aid, & more

By Jennifer White Karp | April 1, 2022 - 10:30AM

One of the city's so-called "worst landlords" Moshe Piller is accused of 1,900 violations in his 15 buildings in a new lawsuit filed yesterday (Patch)

The Legal Aid Society calls on Albany to create the Housing Access Voucher Program, replenish the Emergency Rental Assistance Program, allocate at least $1 billion to the New York City Housing Authority, and allow the 421-a tax break to sunset (press release)

A report from the city’s Rent Guidelines Board finds income for rent-stabilized buildings fell 7.8 percent in 2020, the largest dip in 17 years (The Real Deal)

The Westly, a new development on Manhattan’s Upper West Side, seems to defy gravity with its triple cantilever (The Architect’s Newspaper)

A modern, two-bedroom duplex in Manhattan’s third-oldest surviving building, the 1773 Captain Rose House at 273 Water St., hits the market for $1.575 million (press release)

There’s an affordable housing lottery at 425 Grand Concourse in the Bronx with some units set aside for disabled applicants (press release)

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