When Clem Chan and his husband Matthew Haensly signed the lease for their Sunnyside apartment, they thought the landlord was giving them a deal. They agreed to pay $2,500 a month — a discount from the $2,800 the landlord could legally charge. But after reading news stories about the abuses associated with rent-stabilized apartments, Chan decided to look into the apartment’s rental history. For more than two decades, the rent inched up gradually from $800, […]
source https://therealdeal.com/2018/12/28/money-for-nothing-landlords-are-accused-of-overcharging-tenants-for-poor-renovation-work-but-is-state-law-to-blame/
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