LAS files amicus brief supporting ‘Good Cause’ Law

The Legal Aid Society (LAS) and Legal Services of the Hudson Valley, on behalf of Community Voices Heard and For the Many, filed an amicus brief in Deborah Pusatere v. The City of Albany in support of the city’s “Good Cause” eviction law. The law protects tenants in unregulated units from eviction for the nonpayment of astronomical rent increases and groundless evictions, LAS said in a press release.

A landlord’s association, real estate companies, and property owners, filed litigation challenging the protections and the Albany County Supreme Court ruled in their favor. After an appeal, the decision is now being challenged in New York Supreme Court Appellate Division.