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Offline rangerrebew

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NYC landlords could soon be denied criminal background checks for tenants
« on: November 26, 2022, 01:11:04 pm »
NYC landlords could soon be denied criminal background checks for tenants


By Rich Calder
November 26, 2022 12:32pm  Updated

 A controversial bill prohibiting Big Apple landlords from performing criminal background checks on prospective tenants – even those convicted of murder and other heinous crimes – is on a fast track to becoming law.

At least 30 of the City Council’s 51 members have agreed to back the “Fair Chance for Housing Act,” which is set to go before the Council’s Committee on Civil Rights for its first public hearing on Dec. 8, records show.

Unlike an earlier version of the bill that died in another Council committee at the end of the last year following outcry from landlord advocacy groups and others, the new bill introduced in August by Councilman Keith Powers (D-Manhattan) is gaining steam because of support from newly elected pols. Its co-sponsors include Speaker Adrienne Adams.

And Mayor Eric Adams appears more than willing to sign it into law should the bill reach his desk.

https://nypost.com/2022/11/26/nyc-landlords-could-soon-be-denied-criminal-background-checks-for-tenants/
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Re: NYC landlords could soon be denied criminal background checks for tenants
« Reply #1 on: November 26, 2022, 01:13:27 pm »
I wonder when NYC will have a politikal kommisar on all the business boards? :whistle:
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Re: NYC landlords could soon be denied criminal background checks for tenants
« Reply #2 on: November 26, 2022, 01:18:11 pm »
Could there a new wave of apartment-to-condo conversions in the future?
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Re: NYC landlords could soon be denied criminal background checks for tenants
« Reply #3 on: November 26, 2022, 03:12:06 pm »
Quote from: DefiantMassRINO on November 26, 2022, 01:18:11 pm
Could there a new wave of apartment-to-condo conversions in the future?

Almost certainly. 
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