New Rent Laws Expected to Worsen Rent Overcharge Backlog

Between 2014 and 2018, three top NYCHA officials allegedly lied, repeatedly, about having inspected elevators in public housing complexes.

Josefa Velasquez, senior reporter for The City, and Aaron Carr, founder and executive director of the Housing Rights Initiative, talk about the backlog at DHCR in investigating rent overcharge claims, which has only gotten worse since the new rent reform laws were passed.