The Mamdani administration announced a new housing court fast track aimed at making it easier to pursue enforcement against landlords for overdue repairs and for tenants to get urgent cases before judges more quickly. The administrative judge’s directive aims to cut wait times for urgent cases involving widespread hazardous conditions, vacate orders and Article 7A proceedings, which can put troubled buildings under third-party management.   The fast track is part of Mamdani’s Fix the City initiative, which has targeted what the administration calls the city’s “most persistently negligent landlords.” Building owners who bemoaned the sluggish housing court process may get more […]

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