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BHS CEO Bess Freedman, Sotheby’s CEO Philip White, REBNY head James Whelan, Douglas Elliman executive chairman Howard Lorber and Corcoran CEO Pamela Liebman (Getty, iStock)
An Albany judge sided with the real estate industry Friday, declaring New York state regulators’ attempt to ban tenants from paying landlords’ broker fees an “error of law.”
The decision comes more than a year after the Department of State issued guidance banning the practice. That guidance offered regulators’ interpretation of the Housing Stability and Tenant Protection Act, which became law in June 2019.
In response, prominent real estate trade groups and residential brokerages filed for a temporary injunction against state regulators and sought to overturn the guidance, which they said wreaked “havoc and confusion” on agents and renters. ....

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