New York City’s Local Law 18, also known as the Short-Term Rental Registration Law, came into effect on September 5, changing the way in which short-term apartment rentals operate in the city. The new local legislation dictated that from now on, short-term rental hosts in...
LOCAL LAWS OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK FOR THE YEAR 2009 ___No. 63 ___Introduced by Council Member Gentile, the Speaker (Council Member Quinn), Baez, Vallone, Avella, Fidler, Gentile, Gonzalez, James, Koppell, Liu, Nelson, Sanders, Weprin, Gerson, Lappin, Eugene, Gennaro, Jackson and...
New York City has several local laws and regulations for landlords and tenants. For example, many NYC units are covered under rent stabilization ordinances which set restrictions on rental prices. NYC also has additional disclosure requirements such as bedbug history. Thisguidecontains more information...
Michael H. Schill, Local Enforcement of Laws Prohibiting Discrimination in Housing: The New York City Human Rights Commission, 23 Fordham Urb. L.J. 991, 1010-11 (1996).Schill, Michael. H. 1996. Local Enforcement of Laws Prohibiting Discrimination in Housing: The New York City Human Rights ...
New York City Pressured to Prove Clean Building Laws Can Work New York City officials say they have to nail the rollout of their landmark law limiting greenhouse gases from buildings to show that municipalities in the U.S. and abroad can play a significant role in fighting climate change. Bu...
New York City has always been a popular place to settle, but in the early 20th century, New York City dominated the nation as a place to find employment. More than a quarter of the largest corporations in the country had their headquarters in New York City. The city was ...
Why fly a drone in New York? To get great shots like these! Local Drone Laws in New York These are drone laws that apply only to certain regions, cities, or counties within the state of New York, and were created by various authorities within the state. New York City—Administrative Cod...
1. “City” means the city of New York, and any city agency, department, division or bureau, and any board, committee, institution, agency of government, local development corporation or public benefit corporation, the majority of whose members are appointed by city officials. ...
Today kicks off the new year and there are several new laws that go into effect across New York State.
The first non-Native American inhabitant of what would eventually become New York City was Dominican trader Juan Rodriguez (transliterated to Dutch as Jan Rodrigues). Born in Santo Domingo of Portuguese and African descent, he arrived in Manhattan during the winter of 1613–1614, trapping for ...