New York Housing Court Delays Hit City Hall | Ben Tapper
Ben Tapper writes in Commercial Observer about what NYCHA’s redevelopment of its Chelsea campuses shows about New York Housing Court. With 95,226 nonpayment cases filed in 2025, only 50 judges, and cases taking about 15 months to resolve, he argues that court delays now hurt owners, tenants, and the city’s own housing goals. “Housing Court is not a peripheral issue, and, if it can happen to the City, it can happen to you.”