Thursday, February 19, 2015

Meet The Tenant Harassment Prevention Task Force

"The city and state are rolling out a new task force to take on landlords who are trying to harass tenants into giving up their apartments. The task force will be empowered to sue landlords or even pursue criminal charges against them." (DNAinfo)

8 comments:

Anonymous said...

Wow. I would call that progress...

dwg said...

Sounds good to me- better late than never. What a difference from Bloomberg.

paddy523 said...

About Fucking Time!!

Anonymous said...

Can I nominate mma fighter Quinton "Rampage" Jackson? A task force like this needs some muscle if you get my drift.

nygrump said...

I'm so skeptical of anything the State does these days - wouldn't surprise me to see this turns into an enforcement arm that works to enforce stablization laws for the real estate lobby - these are the same people who say we need to be surveilled for our safety 24/7 - don't trust them for a second. the same people who are pushing medical totalitarianism - no flu vaccine, you can't ride the subway. its coming. nmaking no payoffs to health insurance industry? you have to pay a fine to the State. its already here

Ken from Ken's Kitchen said...

This is good news. The state agency previously tasked with handling rent regulated harassment cases did shit. We'll see how it goes.

les native said...

Word, some of these landlords have hired goons.

les native said...

So true, double edged sword, always...