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White Plains council adopts ‘good cause’ eviction rule to limit tenant removals
Summary
The Common Council voted June 10 to add chapter 9‑8 to the White Plains Municipal Code, establishing a prohibition on eviction without good cause. Council members described the measure as a compromise layered on existing Emergency Tenant Protection Act protections.
The White Plains Common Council on June 10 adopted an ordinance adding chapter 9‑8 to the White Plains Municipal Code to prohibit eviction without good cause, passing the measure as part of the meeting’s consent agenda.
Council members said the change is intended to protect renters who face abrupt or unjustified removal from their homes. Councilman Brasch said he was “very pleased to support this very important law that will protect innumerable tenants in our city.”
The measure amends Title 9 of the municipal code to define and restrict evictions that…
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