Good-Cause Eviction Keeps Dying in Court

A daily mix of stories about cities, city life, and our always evolving neighborhoods and skylines. [Curbed]( THURSDAY, MARCH 30 THE RENT IS TOO DAMN HIGH [Good-Cause Eviction Keeps Dying in Court]( Cities across New York tried to put a bandage on their housing crises. Then came the lawsuits. Photo-Illustration: Curbed; Photos: Getty When an Orange County Supreme Court judge voided Newburgh’s good-cause eviction law last year, she said there was a “direct conflict” between the local measure — which limited rent increases and constrained a landlord’s powers of eviction — and state law, where such protections do not exist. This was the same legal reasoning that brought down good cause in Albany last summer (which an appellate court upheld this March) and in Poughkeepsie earlier this month. A lawyer representing one of the landlords in the Newburgh case [put the court’s view]( plainly: “Newburgh just doesn’t have the power to draw a circle around Newburgh and say, ‘Those state laws won’t apply here.’ It’s really that simple.” [Continue reading »]( [Spring Sale:]( For a limited time, save [over 70%]( on unlimited access to Curbed and get a [free tote]( with any annual plan. [Learn more about RevenueStripe...]( The Latest [The Look Book Goes to Mahjong Night at the Ace Hotel Over 300 people RSVP’d for Chop Suey Club’s first event of the year.]( By Kelsie Schrader and Jenna Milliner-Waddell [The Best Yoga Studios in New York At-your-own-pace yoga studios.]( By Mia Adorante and Kitty Guo [The Flatiron Sale Was a Flop A mystery buyer backed out, and the second-place bidder doesn’t want to pay.]( By Christopher Bonanos [There’s Something Off About LED Bulbs Have you started to notice, too?]( [A Duplex is For Sale in the Coveted Villa Charlotte Brontë The cliffside 3-bedroom has a wraparound deck and overlooks the Hudson.]( [Learn more about RevenueStripe...]( [Read More From Curbed]( Introducing The City Desk, a weekly newsletter about New York. [Sign up to get it every Thursday](. [GET THE NEWSLETTER]( [logo]( [facebook logo]( [instagram logo]( [twitter logo]( [unsubscribe](link.nymag.com/manage/588/optout-curbed?email={EMAIL}&hash=6c53b63a8e3fad70ad4ef13004527437¶m=curbed) | [privacy notice]( | [update preferences]( This email was sent to {EMAIL}. Was this email forwarded to you? [Sign up now]( to get this newsletter in your inbox. [View this email in your browser.]( You received this email because you have a subscription to New York. Reach the right online audience with us For advertising information on email newsletters, please contact AdOps@nymag.com Vox Media, LLC 1201 Connecticut Ave. NW, 12th Floor Washington, DC 20036 Copyright © 2023, All rights reserved