The new law, sponsored by Sen. Julia Salazar, allows loft tenants to seek redress in housing court when their essential services like heat and water are neglected or denied.
What exactly are your rights as a tenant in this city, and what are the legal obligations of landlords?
In this Tenant’s Rights Spotlight we discuss how much your landlord can raise your rent and why.
Here’s a roundup of the housing cases brought against Bushwick landlords this past year.
Some of the worst landlords in the city own properties right here in Bushwick.
Discriminating against someone because of their national identity or immigration status is illegal in New York City.
The comprehensive lists and maps show exact locations of buildings, putting more information into the hands of city residents.
Commercial closures in gentrifying neighborhoods are often caused by landlords harassing tenants into breaking leases so they can find a tenant with deeper pockets.
Two years ago, The Hollows, a space for artists, residencies, art shows and events, opened on Bushwick Avenue
Hundreds of Bushwick residents take to the streets today to protest deplorable living conditions faced by members of our own community
Tenants of a building long neglected by its landlord are seeking the appointment of a a city administrator to make their home livable again
Oh, you know how Bushwick is so cool and hot at the same time that it regularly gets mentioned at all sorts of lists like the recent Vogue’s list of the coolest neighborhoods in the world? So today Bushwick made another list — albeit a less flattering one — 2015 Worst Landlord List
Ask any New Yorker about a bad experience with a landlord, and they’ll probably have a story or two to tell
A glimpse of justice was experienced yesterday by the tenants of several Bushwick buildings owned by the infamous landlord brothers, Joel and Aaron Israel
Sadly, it is a very common story
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Around 100 Bushwick residents gathered around apartment buildings where long-term residents have been complaining about landlord harassment and rallied in defense of their tenants rights on Sunday April 6, 2014
“It’s not about a ceasefire or not about not a ceasefire”
A bit of jazz meets a bit of Bushwick-grunge charm, at the former home of the vegan cafe Brooklyn Whiskers.
Bushwick’s city council rep says informed tenants are better tenants.
Safety concerns and money mixups now plague a luxury housing development In Bushwick
A self-proclaimed “dyke bar for the queers” opens in Bushwick
A local community fridge faces the threat of eviction, among other troubles
Scenes among “a discoherent group of young people making a discoherent collection of art”
Ahead of intense negotiations over the New York state budget, Dilan’s former primary opponent says the assemblyman can’t be found.
Why a former Democracy Now war correspondent opened the Starr Bar in Bushwick
A local designer has an answer to both problems. A video game.
State Senator Julia Salazar opens up about her youth, inspirations, early battles with public perception and more.
In New York City, all tenants have a right to heat. Here’s what to do if your apartment doesn’t have it.
If you’re living with a toxic roommate, what can you legally do to separate yourself from the situation?
There’s a lot of history in these streets we call home. Take a second to look back at the 400-year history of Bushwick, Brooklyn.