Our clients live in rent stabilized or rent controlled apartments, and because of the lower rents they pay, they often face discrimination by the landlord when it comes to timely repairs. The landlord feels no incentive to make expensive repairs in a rent controlled apartment, and you can imagine that some landlords profit by allowing conditions to deteriorate to such an extent that the tenant moves out.

Our firm assists tenants who face the most severe rent-impairing conditions. We advise them as to the process, and, in the most extreme circumstances, we represent tenants in forcing the landlord to effect needed repairs, and when necessary, recovering rent or monetary damages.

The landlord bought the building; no one put a gun to his head. Therefore, he has to comply with the law in making your apartment and common areas safe and quiet for your family.