What should I be on the lookout for with insecticides if I have bed bugs?
Insecticides are highly toxic chemicals, so you should educate yourself about a particular product before using it or allowing an exterminator to use it. This is particularly important when trying to eradicate bedbugs, since people—especially children, who are most susceptible to toxins—spend a lot of time in bedrooms and in bed. For...
Upper West Side landlord hoping to take fight against rent control to Supreme Court
Will rents like a $55-a-month become illegal?
A landlord on the Upper West Side wants to take the question before the U.S. Supreme Court, claiming that rent control and stabilization violates his constitutional rights.
James and Jeanne Harmon own a five-story brownstone on West 76th Street near Central Park. Of the six units in the building,...
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Access by the Disabled: Court rules on “Reasonable Accomodations”
In a ruling that could have a profound impact upon large and small property owners Citywide, State Supreme Court Justice Mary Anne Briganti-Hughes upheld a ruling by the City's Commission on Human Rights and held that providing access for a disabled tenant other htan throgh the front door of an apartment building does not...