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Hudson Valley Justice Center urges Middletown to opt into New York good-cause eviction law
Summary
Attorneys from the Hudson Valley Justice Center urged the Middletown Common Council to opt into New York’s good-cause eviction law and to adopt a narrow definition of 'small landlord' that would close an LLC ownership loophole.
Ben Surface, supervising attorney for the Hudson Valley Justice Center, urged the Middletown Common Council to move forward with adopting a local law to opt the city into New York State’s good-cause eviction statute and to draft the strongest version possible.
Surface and his colleague Ally Dodinger said opting in would protect tenants from no‑cause holdovers and other evictions unrelated to lease violations or nonpayment. They recommended that…
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