The City Council unanimously passed legislation that requires landlords in the city to register the names of all individuals with 25 percent or greater ownership stakes in corporations that own their residential buildings, according to an article yesterday at therealdeal.com.
The article also said that landlords will have to "register a brick-and-mortar office location with the city, as opposed to providing an address of a mail handling facility."
The legislation is aimed at cracking down on so-called "phantom landlords" who hide behind corporate entities and make it difficult for tenants to track them down, the article said.
David Hanzel, deputy director of the Association for Neighborhood and Housing Development, told crainsnewyork.com yesterday that many tenants in run-down building has "struggled to get negligent landlords to make necessary repairs and provide essential services."
The article also said that landlords will have to "register a brick-and-mortar office location with the city, as opposed to providing an address of a mail handling facility."
The legislation is aimed at cracking down on so-called "phantom landlords" who hide behind corporate entities and make it difficult for tenants to track them down, the article said.
David Hanzel, deputy director of the Association for Neighborhood and Housing Development, told crainsnewyork.com yesterday that many tenants in run-down building has "struggled to get negligent landlords to make necessary repairs and provide essential services."
Architecture Critic
Carter Horsley
Since 1997, Carter B. Horsley has been the editorial director of CityRealty. He began his journalistic career at The New York Times in 1961 where he spent 26 years as a reporter specializing in real estate & architectural news. In 1987, he became the architecture critic and real estate editor of The New York Post.
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