The Legal Aid Society, Legal Services NYC, and Selendy Gay Elsberg PLLC, together with the New York State Attorney General and the New York City Law Department, today secured a ruling upholding the Housing Stability and Tenant Protection Act of 2019 and New York’s Rent Stabilization Law.

Landlords have been trying to undo the historic reforms since they were enacted, but today’s ruling throws out their current remaining challenges. Today’s victory for New York’s tenants follows multiple similar Circuit Court rulings and the United States Supreme Court’s decision not to hear the landlord’s appeal.

“Today’s ruling follows other court decisions that have consistently found these landlord lawsuits to be meritless and have dismissed the cases entirely. The court has sent a clear message to all landlord groups toiling away to dismantle tenant protections that New York’s rent stabilization laws and the HSTPA are lawful, sound policies, and are here to stay,” reads a statement from the organizations.

“Both the United States Supreme Court and Circuit Court precedents have upheld New York’s rent stabilization laws, which have been in place since 1969 and have protected millions of New Yorkers. Amid an unprecedented housing and homelessness crisis, rent stabilization has helped preserve affordable housing and prevent displacement and homelessness for countless families,” the statement continues. “As always, we stand with our clients and all tenants across the City, and we will continue to challenge any and all efforts aimed at eroding the well-established and lawful protections of New York’s rent stabilization laws.”