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Know Your Rights - Fight Back


  • Residential Tenants' Rights Guide

  • Changes in New York State Rent Law   [ PDF ]

  • Moratorium on Evictions

  • Mayor's Office to Protect Tenants

  • Tenant Protection Unit

  • Senator Brad Hoylman Introduces New Bill to Prevent Criminal Landlords from Receiving Financing from State Chartered Banks

  • Tenant Harassment - Protections (AG)

  • HCR Overview Housing Stability and Tenant Protection Act of 2019

  • Tenant Protection Act of 2019   [PDF]

  • Manhattan Legal Services Presentation of Housing Stability and Tenant Protection Act of 2019

  • NY's Housing Stability and Tenant Protection Act of 2019 Part III – WHAT LAWYERS MUST KNOW   [PDF]

  • Email to submit Croman Tenant Complaints to Attorney General:  cromantenants@ag.org

  • Attorney General Online Submission Form Rent Security Complaint Form

  • New York City Mayor's Office to Protect Tenants Website

  • Right to Counsel Hotline

  • HCR Fact Sheets Rent Laws 2019 Update

  • HCR RELOCATING TO 641 LEXINGTON AVENUE

  • Housing Court Answers

  • Tenant Forms

  • Tenants Words of Wisdom

  • Renter Beware: Ten Ways Unscrupulous Landlords Cheat NYC Tenants   [PDF]

  • Is your landlord harassing you?   [ PDF ]

  • Tenant Harassment Links

  • Metropolitan Council On Housing Links - Online Resources for New York City Tenants and Housing Advocates

  • Metropolitan Council on Housing - Help & Answers

  • How to file a Complaint with the State for: Rent-Stabilized lease not being renewed, unlawful lease conditions, rent check continuously lost or not received,
         rent overcharge, security deposit not returned, etc.

  • Housing: Succession Rights

  • NOLO - Excellent Legal Source:   The Eviction Process in New York: Rules for Landlords and Property Managers

  • Rights of Tenants when their landlord is in foreclosure

  • What You need to know about foreclosure as a tenant

  • NOLO - Excellent Legal Source:   Tenant Defenses to Evictions in New York

  • AN APP FOR HOUSING JUSTICE - Feb. 14, 2020 by JustFix.nyc

  • Housing Services Referral Guide - Manhattan

  • Housing Services Referral Guide - Bronx

  • Housing Services Referral Guide - Brooklyn

  • Housing Services Referral Guide - Queens

  • Housing Services Referral Guide - Staten Island

  • New York City Council Members and Districts

  • Evictions through Frivolous Court Proceedings

  • Know Your Rights - What Tenants Need To Know About Being Evicted

  • The 7 best ways to get your NYC landlord to make repairs - by Emily Myers

  • Deprivation of Services

  • How to Protect Yourself Against a Ruthless, Greedy Landlord

  • Hazardous Construction and Work Conditions - especially: What You Need to do When Demolition Begins

  • Statutory Rights of Residential Tenants

  • Your New York Apartment - Crime and Safety Laws

  • Consumer Complaint to State Attorney General Form

  • LEGAL AID SOCIETY - HOUSING STABILITY AND TENANT PROTECTION ACT OF 2019 - SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS - by Edward Josephson

  • Legal Aid Society - Know Your Rights - What Tenants Need To Know About Being Evicted - by Marshall Green

  • Legal Aid Society - Know Your Rights When You Need Housing Repairs - by Adrienne Holder

  • Is Your Landlord Guilty of Harassment? - by Erin Eberlin

  • Renter Beware: Ten Ways Unscrupulous Landlords Cheat NYC Tenants - by Cezary Podkul and Lena Groeger  (Spanish Version)

  • Emotional Distress, Privacy and Dignitary Torts - by Mallilo & Grossman, Attorneys at Law

  • NYC Apartment Buildings - Get Inside Info about any Apartment Building in New York City

  • Current Digital Resources


    Basic Slumlord Research

    How to Fight a Housing Court Case by Steven De Castro


    Tenant Survival Tips by Steven De Castro

    Tenant Resource Links

    Attorney General New York State
    Contact Info: 212-416-8000
    www.ag.ny.gov

    Resources and Links
    Housing Court Answers
    http://housingcourtanswers.org/resources-links/

    Met Council on Housing
    Contact Info: 212-979-0611
    www.metcouncilonhousing.org

    GOLES -- Good Old Lower East Side
    Contact Info: 212-533-2541
    www.goles.org

    HCC -- Housing Conservation Coordinators
    Contact Info: 212-541-5996
    www.hcc-nyc.org

    LHNH -- Lenox Hill Neighborhood House
    Contact Info: 212-744-5022
    www.lenoxhill.org

    Project Home - University Settlement
    Contact Info: 212-674-9120
    www.universitysettlement.org/what/project-home.html

    CHG -- Chelsea Housing Group
    Contact Info: 212-924-6710
    www.hudsonguild.org

    CSC -- Cooper Square Committee
    Contact Info: 212-228-8210
    www.coopersquare.org

    Statewide Tenant Organization
    Tenants and Neighbors
    Contact Info: 212-608-4320
    www.tenantsandneighbors.org

    Tenant Net
    www.tenant.net