The law, which capped rent increases and laid out terms by which certain landlords could evict tenants, was enacted by the City Council last year in an attempt to enact eviction protections to prevent homelessness.
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An attorney representing landlords in Albany has accused the city of wrongly characterizing evictions as a "scourge" as the landlords seek a quick win in their suit challenging the capital city's "good cause" eviction law in New York state court.