NAR, NAA Among Groups Pushing For Supreme Court To Strike Down Rent Control A dozen national real estate groups have joined the fray in New York landlords' legal fight against the state's 2019 rent stabilization laws, filing briefs asking the U.S. Supreme Court to overturn the landmark legislation. If the groups are successful with the Supreme Court and its 6-3 conservative majority, the case could torpedo rent stabilization laws across the U.S, experts told Bisnow. “If there has ever been a chance at getting the Supreme Court to take a serious look at the constitutionality of regulation as it exists in New York, this is certainly the court that you could have some hope might take an interest,” said Deborah Riegel, a member attorney at Rosenberg & Estis. “It’s a business-friendly court. It's a more conservative court, and it generally seems to be carving out a mindset of being anti-regulation.”
Two New York-based landlord groups, the Community Housing Improvement Program and the Rent Stabilization Association, have been pushing for the Supreme Court to examine the changes to New York state’s rent stabilization laws enacted in… Read the full story here. |