Appearing in The New York Times on October 6, 2026, Dana Rubenstein talks to NCLC Deputy Director and Chief Advocacy Officer DianeThompson about proposed legislation that would grant the private right of action to nonprofits, which would enable tenant unions, whose growth the Mamdani administration has encouraged, to take action in court.
That clause allowing nonprofits, including tenant unions, to sue offers a potential workaround to the arbitration clauses that consumers often unknowingly agree to when they sign up for services.
“I’ve never heard of another municipality doing anything like this, to this extent,” said Diane Thompson, deputy director of the National Consumer Law Center.
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