Kingston Adopts Eviction Prevention Law
Limits when landlords can kick out tenants
Kingston’s Common Council voted on Tuesday (July 2) to opt into the state’s newly passed good-cause eviction law, just over a year after repealing its version when a state appellate court struck down a similar eviction ban passed by Albany.
New York included a version of good-cause eviction in the budget enacted in April by Gov. Kathy Hochul.
The circumstances that will allow landlords to evict or refuse a lease renewal include when tenants have arrears that are not due to an “unreasonable” rent increase, which the state defines as an increase of 5 percent plus the annual percentage change in the consumer price index, or 10 percent, whichever is lower; and when a tenant is violating lease conditions, or causing substantial damage.
Municipalities opting into the state’s law could exempt landlords owning up to 10 units, but Kingson exercised its option to apply its law to landlords with two or more units built up to 2009. Landlords who live in a building with up to 10 units will be exempt, according to the Daily Freeman.
Beacon became one of the municipalities enacting a good-cause law, although a City Court judge struck it down in November, after judges’ rulings invalidated the laws in Albany and other municipalities.
Newburgh Company Charged With Fraud
Accused of bilking Medicaid
A Newburgh medical transportation company is accused of stealing more than $2.3 million by billing New York’s Medicaid program for fake trips and fake tolls, said the Attorney General’s Office on Wednesday (July 3).
Daler Yuldashev and Damir Yuldashev, the owners of DYD Universe, are also accused of conspiring with Nigina Iskandarova to pay Medicaid recipients kickbacks to recruit more customers.
Daler and Damir Yuldashev were arrested on Tuesday (July 2) and charged with first-degree grand larceny, two counts of second-degree health care fraud, five counts of medical assistance provider prohibited practices and six counts of first-degree offering a false instrument for filing.
Iskandarova, also arrested on Tuesday, is charged with four counts of medical assistance provider prohibited practices.
The alleged phony billing took place from April 2018 to March 2023, with some Medicaid recipients receiving thousands of dollars for rides that allowed DYD to collect tens of thousands of dollars in fees, said the AG’s office. The company often claimed reimbursement for added toll charges of $15 to $50, according to the AG.
