So Called "Good Cause" Eviction Bill in New York criticized

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The latest attack on good landlords proposed in the New York Legislature:

Forcing Rent Control
Proposed bill would prevent a landlord from evicting a tenant for non-payment of rent if their rent rose by the greater of 3 percent - tenants would have the right to argue in eviction proceedings that said rent increase wasn't "reasonable."  Landlords would have the burden of proving in court that their rent increase was reasonable.

"Everyone wants to make New York more affordable. But the answer is not to violate constitutionally protected private-property rights, effectively transferring ownership of rental properties to tenants, regardless of their behavior.": https://nypost.com/2022/02/18/...

Some other links describing the proposal -   

https://www.multihousingnews.c...

https://multifamilyinvestor.co...

https://reason.com/2022/01/12/...

https://nypost.com/2022/01/04/...

Landlords don't arbitrarily evict tenants.  They seek out good tenants & don't want to have to evict anyone - expeciailly when, as in New York, it's unreasonably difficult to get rid of a problem tenant.  Landlords evict when they don't get the rent the tenant has agreed to pay, the tenant causes a nuisance, or damages the property.  Landlords already evict for good cause & not on a whim.  

Landlords have costs to pay to keep the property in good working order, and inflation has not helped landlords any more than anyone else.  They do need to charge increases to cover increasing costs, and bills such as this proposal are extremely destructive both to the property owner and the housing market.  Landlords have the right to choose who they do business with.