Raymond Marte-Ventura, 23, stood at the window of his uncle’s motorcycle repair shop on Jerome Avenue near 175th Street on a weekday in October, watching the rain fall onto the bikes parked curbside. Business was slow in the shop, and the weather wasn’t letting up. Marte-Ventura is the manager of Vent Bike Tech, a family […]
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Month-to-Month Rentals, a Common Risk for Businesses
Posted on 22 October 2019.
Posted in - Housing Court Project Policy, Bronx Neighborhoods0 Comments
Rate of Housing Violations Highest in the Bronx
Posted on 22 October 2019.
More than 10% of Bronx residents lived in an apartment last year with at least one hazardous housing violation.
Posted in - Housing Court Project Policy0 Comments
Behind the Badge
Posted on 22 October 2019.
It takes a “weird personality” to be a New York City Marshal.
Posted in - Housing Court Project Landlords, - Housing Court Project Officials0 Comments
Bronx Tops Charts in Heat and Hot Water Complaints
Posted on 22 October 2019.
October begins the official eight-month “heat season,” in the city, when the city requires landlords to maintain indoor temperatures at 68 degrees during the day when it’s 55 degrees outside, and 62 degrees at night, regardless of the outside temperature. Last year, the Bronx recorded the most housing code complaints per capita of any other […]
HP Actions Debatable Recourse for Landlords and Tenants
Posted on 22 October 2019.
Mice, roaches, leaking pipes, and bulging walls — one of these alone could be a tenant’s nightmare. Andrea Daniels, a long-time Bronx resident, lives with all of them. Daniels has lived in her rent-regulated Mott Haven apartment for 16 years. When she needed repairs to her apartment, Daniels put in requests with her landlord. But […]
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Leveling the Legal Playing Field: Tenants Fight for Homes with the Help of Right to Counsel
Posted on 22 October 2019.
More than half of eligible tenants at the Bronx Housing Court don’t know they qualify for a free lawyer, but whether they face rent disputes or maintenance failures — a lawyer gives a tenant a voice in the outcome.
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Without Legal Aid, Bronx Residents Are Lost at Housing Court
Posted on 22 October 2019.
Angel DeJesus was certain that the pictures of the black mold growing on the ceiling of his apartment, or the massive holes in the walls would make the Housing Court reverse the eviction that left him and his family out on the street. But the lack of legal aid resources in the Bronx, coupled with […]
Posted in - Housing Court Project Tenants, Bronx Neighborhoods, Special Reports0 Comments
Finding a Place in New York with a Rental Voucher
Posted on 22 October 2019.
In New York City’s market only 2% of studios and 3% of three-bedroom apartments are in the price range established by the voucher CityFHEPS
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