High court decision has tenants stewing, landlords oohing

A landmark decision from New York’s highest court has elated landlords, while tenants say it puts property before people. The Court of Appeals — the state’s court of last resort — found that retroactively applying a portion of the Housing Stability and Tenant Protection Act of 2019 to rent-overcharge cases violates the substantive due-process clause of the state constitution, which demands laws be “rationally related to a legitimate government interest.” The court ruled that the

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