Queens ground lease co-op residents urge state to pass standard housing protections

Dozens of Queens residents rallied outside Hilltop Village Co-op in Hollis on March 3, urging the state Legislature to pass standard housing protections for more than 25,000 New Yorkers living in ground lease co-ops.

With decades-old ground leases beginning to expire, a news release from the Ground Lease Co-op Coalition said, residents in all co-op buildings are at risk of losing their homes and equity to rising maintenance costs.