Real Estate
New York Rent-Control System Survives Challenge at Supreme Court
- Justices decline to hear landlords’ appeals without comment
- Court has repeatedly rebuffed constitutional attacks on rules
Residential apartment buildings in the Brooklyn borough of New York.
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The US Supreme Court refused to question New York’s rent-control system, turning away two appeals that said the rules violate apartment owners’ constitutional rights.
One appeal, pressed by 12 sets of property owners in New York City and Yonkers, targeted restrictions on landlords who want to reclaim rental units for personal use or convert buildings to condos or co-ops. A separate appeal by landlords in Westchester County challenged other regulations.