Supreme Court Tosses Lingering Challenges to Rent Stabilization in NY

“It doesn’t mean that they can’t be challenged again, they probably will be, but for the moment these significant challenges to rent laws are done,” said Thomas Silverstein of the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law.

The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday said it will not take up two lingering challenges to rent stabilization from New York City landlords, ending months of uncertainty after a broad challenge to the regime got tossed out at the beginning of October.

But hinting at interest in future challenges, Justice Clarence Thomas issued a brief statement Tuesday accompanying the court’s denial notice. “The constitutionality of regimes like New York City’s is an important and pressing question,” he wrote. To read the full story Click Here