The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-07-13
FIGHTS OYER
RENTALS ADJUSTED
Disputes in SO Apartment
Houses Settled by Mayors
Committee.
LANDLORDS GIVE GROUND
Acceptance of Half the Pro-
posed Increase Generally
Agreed Upon.

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Rent disputes in thirtX-six Apartment
houses involving that number of land.
lords and 1872 families--an average OF
3S tenants to a puilding--were settled
during the week through the mediation
OF the Mayors Committee on Rent
Profiteering. According to Nathan
Hirsch, chairman OF tho committee, ad-
justnients in all cases were the results
of concessions on the part OF the land
lords. -S-'r - c~sgn 9. 4
OF the total families do2 were In Man
haitian, sos IN The BRONX. 1868 in Brook
lyn and one il. Queens. The slate Tor
Richmond was clean. The committee
never gets ANY complaints OF rent
profifeering from staten Islanders and
kicks from rent payers In the Borough
of Queens are few and. far between.
As general rule agreements made by
landlords and tenants with the commit
tee provided for the acceptance of halI
the Increased rent demanded, or. one-hah
of the demanded Increase now and the
other half In, November. monthly tenants
being permitted TO take q lease for q
year. w. ,. ~ --- o. -
Among the settlements, as announced
by the committee, we're the following;
Isadore Eager, property 116, lis and
tenants on the basis of an advance aver
aging 5 per cent; tenants get years
lease. Asked 20 per cent. increase. Sixty
tenants. ..''.
Esther sidarsky, SIS East 1o5th street;
accepted SO per month increase; had de-
manded Sc; years lease. Twenty-elght
tenants. % '- =
Harry Blaustein Cessee). 6l2. STA and
SIS West 136th street asked an increase
D.. q ~. ssaatf n h
accepting 50 ard 81 increase, one-half
Of which is to be paid from July l, 1919,
to October 30, and the other half from
November / 10 April 30. 1920. Land
lord agreed TO make necessary repairs
and gave tenants yearly lease. One hun
dred and two tenants (colored).
~, Smonia Realty. Company, Simon Sha-
pire. president. 10l7 Bryant avenue, The
Bronx; raised his tenants 81 per month
togo into effect October /. Settlements
were made by landlord agreeing to take
half the advance in some cases and in
other cases one-third. Forty tenants.
Agrees to Old Schedule.
Sadie Harris, 204-s.S East 18th
street. gave tenants years lease at the
old schedule OF rental In effect May 1
without further increase: 81 tenants.
II. A. Collins. l46-1ts West Sixty
eighth street; raised tenants $40 n
month: cut the increase to IS and gave
yearly leases; 81 tenants.
DR. Alexander Brown. 304 Grand ave-
nue.. Astoria, l.. l.; raised tenants IS
month and told them there was another
advance in store for them: settled by
giving yearly leases without any addi-
tlonal advance; the committee decided
that the first advance was justified; Is
tenants.
S. Leblong. 1910 Fifty-third street,
Brooklyn; settled on basis of 10 per cent.
reduction in the increase asked and gave
a years lease; IS tenants.
g. Klug. 1855 .BathgateA avenue. The
Bronx; settled with tenants on basis OF
an advance OF 81 TO December l, 1919,
and an additional 81 increase to April
30. 1920; gave leases for a year; 80
tenants.
Rose Rothenberg. 1907 Charlotte street,
BCooklyn. settled with tenants on basis
of half the increase demanded to October
and half the additional increase from
November l to May 80. 1920. Thirty
four tenants.
A del Monte, 1909 Charlotte street,
Brooklyn. SETTLED on same basis as Roth
enberg case. Thirty-four tenants
Leon Lsmle. 1911 and 1913 Charlotte
street. Brooklyn. settled on same basis
as Rothenberg case Thirty-four ten
ants
Concerning the last three settlements
the committee says; These three land
lords entered into an agreement on TAX
ing possess on OF these houses some time
In June to make a uniform rental on all
four houses. They got dispossess notices
for all the tenants The tenants applied
to the Mayors Committee and a hearing
was held.
To install Lights.
The agreement was arrived at as
above stated. and the landlords agreed to
install electric lights and new boilers in
the buildings, as we'll as sufficient rad-
stors to give adequate heat, and agreed
to make all necessary repairs through
out The settlements were based on an
average rental OF Sc a room.
Maria Spain. 3 TO Grafton street,
1852 TO 14S6 Pitkln avenue. Brooklyn,
asked an advance OF So a month; agreed,
TO accept So a month and do all neces'
sary epalrs gave tenants yearly leases;
1874 tenants.
Johanna Luckenberg. SO East 160th
street; raised tenants IS a month ac-
certed 81 and gave yearly leases; thirty
tenants.
NJ. Finkelstein, property rs ST. Marks
place. tenants reported an advance asked
OF Sl2 a month; landlord very much
surprised that his tenants should have
complai ned to the committee. 1t devel-
oped at n hearing that the $l2 advance
was typographical error in notices and
that all the landlord wanted. was So.
This was satisfactory TO the, tenants
and he gave them years lease TWEEN
four tenants. t.-
Celia Siegel. &c and IS East lO4th
street settled with tenants ON the old
rental in effect May 1, 1919. and gave
them one years lease. Forty eight ten
ants ,F't ; f..
J. Edgar Leaycroft Company. agents
for the Waddell estates, increased, ten
ants from $16 to SEQ per month, advance
tot go into effect October /. 1917 As
agent for the owners they mzde an
agreement to make tho advances s10 TO
$50 instead Of the original amounts de-
manded; gave years lease. Twenty-four
tepants.
de Forrest Estates, 100 West 121st
street, asked increase OF $500 per an
nun, and compromised with 5000.
Agreed TO make all necessary repairs
and decorations, the new schedule OF
rent 20 go into effect October l, 1919;
gave one and two year lsaSeG,-, Forty
tepants. c,,FE az -
Herman Rosenblum. 1858 Steinway ave
nue.. Brooklyn. raised tenants SO per
month; agreed to cut this in half; gave
his tenants years lease. Twenty-four
tenants.
Louis Cashnian, IS and 20 West looth
street, increased his tenants $I2 per
month; agreed to accept Sc; gave yearly
leases and agreed to make an necessary
repairs. Twenty-four tenants.