Collective Bargaining in Rent Stabilized Buildings: How New York City's Rent Regulated Market Can Benefit from the Fundamentals of Labor Law

Authors

Stephanie Gorin, Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law

Abstract

There is an evident imbalance of power between the two parties, which is often exasperated by the costs, timing and intimidation of Housing Court. This Note will seek to explore how a "tenant group" should be formed. Although many tenants living in rent-regulated buildings are surrounded by fellow tenants in similar circumstances, many other rent regulated tenants are the sole tenant remaining in their building, still under the auspices of rent regulation. This Note will further seek to explore how sole rent regulated tenants can form and join tenant groups. Next, it proposes a system in which mediation, and, if needed, arbitration will enforce tenant demands on landlords.

Disciplines

Dispute Resolution and Arbitration | Housing Law | Labor and Employment Law | Law | State and Local Government Law

Recommended Citation

Stephanie Gorin, Collective Bargaining in Rent Stabilized Buildings: How New York City's Rent Regulated Market Can Benefit from the Fundamentals of Labor Law, 17 Cardozo J. Conflict Resol. 1045 (2016).
Available at: https://larc.cardozo.yu.edu/cjcr/vol17/iss3/17