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Councilmember Pierina Sanchez sponsored the measure, known as the Billingsley Structural Integrity Act.

“Look, this building, you pushed the wall and it would make a hole,” one resident said.

A StreetEasy analysis shows landlords are regaining financial ground following a period when renters had the upper hand.

The city's housing authority has seen a surge in unanswered requests for repairs, making it first on Public Advocate Jumaane Williams' worst landlord list.

"I’ve never seen such a lack of human compassion. It felt so insidious that people who are affluent in their community could rationalize this."

“The government is just not providing the help that most New Yorkers need right now.”

“It’s business as usual. Nothing’s changed,” says Cynthia Chaffee of 346 East 18th Street, founder of the Stop Croman Coalition. “It’s the same goons we had to deal with.”

The bill would set up a pathway to homeownership for renters.

There were nearly 3,000 fewer Department of Housing Preservation and Development violations between 2018 and 2019—a drop of 1 percent—according to the Legal Aid Society.

The landlord in question allegedly sent numerous threatening text messages and emails to the tenant, who is an immigrant from Guyana.