The landlords say they will next try to get the U.S. Supreme Court and its conservative majority to weigh in.
Make your contribution now and help Gothamist thrive in 2023.New York City’s rent stabilization system is safe for now, after a federal appeals court on Monday upheld laws capping rent increases and limiting evictions on roughly a million apartments citywide.
But the Second Circuit judges referred to U.S. Supreme Court precedent and prior decisions to strike down each argument against the 54-year old stabilization system, which was“All in all, as with previous versions, the [Rent Stabilization Law] ‘regulates land use rather than effecting a physical occupation,’ the judges wrote, citing previous decisions.
“This is a great victory for tenants,” said Ellen Davidson, a staff attorney with Legal Aid’s Civil Reform Unit. “Tenants who may have heard about these rent law challenges and been nervous should be comforted by the fact that the Second Circuit… has, in a very thorough and thoughtful decision, upheld the rent laws.”
Those stricter measures supercharged opposition to rent regulation, culminating in five lawsuits before the appellate court.
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