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November 18, 2024
After High Court Snubs, What's Next for NY Rent Law Cases?
Law360
Real Estate attorney Alexander Lycoyannis was quoted in a Law360 article about the future of legal challenges to New York's rent regulation laws following recent U.S. Supreme Court denials of certiorari. The article explored potential strategies for future lawsuits, emphasizing the need for plaintiffs to demonstrate concrete harms resulting from the Housing Stability and Tenant Protection Act of 2019. Mr. Lycoyannis offered insights on the evolving landscape of these challenges, considering the time elapsed since the law's implementation.
"We'll also focus on and really try to drive home the fact that the law has been in effect for, by that time it'll be a number of years, maybe for a decade even, and we'll really have to drive home those specific allegations about how the law specifically has harmed the plaintiffs and caused constitutional injury," he said.
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"We'll also focus on and really try to drive home the fact that the law has been in effect for, by that time it'll be a number of years, maybe for a decade even, and we'll really have to drive home those specific allegations about how the law specifically has harmed the plaintiffs and caused constitutional injury," he said.
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