National groups throw weight behind New York rent control lawsuit

When it comes to property-tax pain, New York is hard to beat. Owners of single-family houses in the city and surrounding suburbs paid an average of $9,700 last year, topping a ranking by Attom Data... To view the full story, click the title link......»»

The National Rifle Association won permission from a judge to question a former New York regulator under oath in a lawsuit claiming the state illegally discouraged banks and insurers from doing... To view the full story, click the title link......»»

The Democratic National Committee on Friday filed a multimillion-dollar lawsuit against Russia, the Trump campaign and WikiLeaks that alleges a massive conspiracy to swing the 2016 election in favor of the president......»»

Jared Kushner's family real estate business has come under scrutiny by Federal and New York officials......»»

Five of the world's biggest oil companies asked a judge to throw out New York City's lawsuit seeking to hold them responsible for costs related to the environmental changes caused by their... To view the full story, click the title link......»»

Four Western New York organizations are among 250 statewide funded by the National Endowment for the Arts in its second round of grantmaking this year. In all, $8.6 million will be distributed statewide. The local organizations will receive a total of .....»»

By: Karen Jordan and Jacquelyn Ryan"The rent is too damn high." The sentiment may have been made famous by New York mayoral candidate Jimmy McMillan, but it’s been adopted far and wide by renter activists and those worried.....»»

Pakistan’s military is working behind the scenes to manipulate this month’s election to try to produce a government it can better control, politicians and human-rights groups said......»»

The Latest on the National Rifle Association lawsuit accusing New York governor of causing financia.....»»

The National Rifle Association claims it’s going broke and may soon “be unable to exist” — and blames Gov. Andrew Cuomo for its purported poverty, according to a recent court document that’s part of its lawsuit against the state......»»

The city lacks the legal authority to establish commercial rent control, according to a report released Tuesday by the New York City Bar Association, so a pending bill to give retail tenants power... To view the full story, click the title link......»»

In the late 1980s Ruth Messinger, who was then on the New York City Council, was pushing a proposal to impose rent controls on commercial space to save small businesses from being pushed out by... To view the full story, click the title link......»»

The New York Building Congress has entered the scrum over a City Council.....»»

Ahead of today's City Council hearing on the Small Business Jobs Survival Act—better known as commercial rent control—the New York Building Congress has asked Speaker Corey Johnson to examine the... To view the full story, click the title link......»»

For decades, the city has mulled rent control for small businesses. As the city’s wealthiest areas fill with empty storefronts, lawmakers are taking another look......»»

Last week, I had the great privilege of standing with more than 100 REBNY members who attended a public hearing on commercial rent control legislation.  I want to sincerely than.....»»

The Real Estate Board of New York continued to attack a potential proposal in the City Council to institute protections for retail stores that critics say would create a form of commercial rent... To view the full story, click the title link......»»

When the New York state Legislature reconvenes Jan. 9, health care lobbyists will be ready to push their priorities to returning legislators as well as a crop of more than 30 new faces who are poised... To view the full story, click the title link......»»

When the New York state Legislature reconvenes Jan. 9, health care lobbyists will be ready to push their priorities to returning legislators as well as a crop of more than 30 new faces who are poised... To view the full story, click the title link......»»

The National Air Traffic Controllers Association filed a lawsuit against the US government on Friday on behalf of its members who are going without pay due to the partial shutdown. Approximately 10,000 air traffic controllers under the employmen.....»»