Opinion: ‘Squatters’ Shouldn’t Be Considered Tenants
Assemblyman Keith Brown writes about why squatters shouldn’t be allowed to be considered tenants under state law. Read More …
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Small Landlords, Feeling Squeeze, Joining Protest Over Rent Program
A handful of Long Island landlords are joining a bigger protest in Manhattan Monday morning to express their anger at the handling of a rent assistance program that they say has harmed them financially. The landlords will demonstrate outside the New York office of Gov. Read More …
Letter: Landlords, Let’s Make the State Rental Program Work
A Huntington Station couple frustrated with the shortcomings of the state’s Emergency Rental Assistance Program are surveying other landlords in hopes of making the program work for everyone. Read More …
From Albany: Food Banks to Benefit From Price-Gouging Case
Food banks will be the beneficiaries after New York Attorney General Letitia James secured 1.2 million eggs in a settlement involving price gouging. She signed an agreement with Hillandale Farms Corporation, ending an August 2020 lawsuit on charges of illegally gouging the prices of eggs in Read More …
Cuomo Signs Covid-19 Anti-Eviction Law
Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo signed an anti-eviction bill into law Monday night that is designed to prevent most residential evictions for the next few months. The law also protects small landlords from foreclosure. The Covid-19 Emergency Eviction and Foreclosure Prevention Act protects residents affected by Read More …
Suffolk County Offering Some Covid-19 Rental Assistance
Updated: Suffolk County is offering a program to assist tenants with their rent payments. A second program, to assist small-business owners, is not available to businesses in Huntington or several other towns, because they aren’t part of the Community Development Block Grant program. Operation Backstop–Bringing Assistance Read More …