New York City: U.S. Supreme Court Refuses To Hear Landlord Challenge to Rent Stabilization Law

"The high court on Tuesday said it would not consider two cases brought by landlords of rent-stabilized buildings in Long Island City and parts of Manhattan who argued the regulations prevented them from evicting tenants after their leases expired. But the Court didn’t entirely rule out the possibility of future challenges.,” reported WNYC. “This means the New York rent laws will stand,” CNN summarized. “The challengers had asked the justices to overturn the rent regime that has governed more than one million units in the City for decades and provided some of the nation’s most tenant-friendly rules. Conservative Justice Clarence Thomas said the high court should consider the questions that were raised in this appeal in a future case.