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Rule Changes

Advocating for eviction moratorium in deed-theft cases

A Brooklyn housing court judge refused on Oct. 30 to pause the eviction of Helen "Queen Afua" Robinson and her children, rejecting the city's first use of a 2023 state law that lets local governments freeze evictions during deed-fraud investigations. The city Law Department says it is still deciding whether to appeal.

Updated 2 days ago

Rule Changes

Principal sponsor of the law

New York City stopped letting brokers charge renters fees in June 2025. Records obtained by The City Reporter show some brokers still collect them, under names like "management fees" and "finders fees," or by selling access to "off-market" apartments.

Updated Nov 1

Built World

Says crews are cleaning building exteriors around the clock and monitoring continues

NYCHA says it has removed the asbestos that a steam leak spread across the exterior walls of two Marcy Houses buildings in Brooklyn, and that air tests inside affected apartments and at a daycare came back negative. Cleanup crews are still working around the buildings in Bedford-Stuyvesant, and four households are staying in hotels the authority is paying for.

Updated Oct 31