CODE CRACKING IN ALBANY
Matt Pacenza |
By rewriting the housing codes, the state has weakened the laws that protect 1 million New York tenants–and advocates say there’s not a whole lot they can do about it.
By rewriting the housing codes, the state has weakened the laws that protect 1 million New York tenants–and advocates say there’s not a whole lot they can do about it.
Tenants succeed in booting a bad landlord, only to find themselves ordered to leave, too.
Residents of the Pleasant East Apartments in East Harlem were happy to hear that HUD took their buildings from a negligent landlord–until they were told the complex would be destroyed.