A landlord who brought a class-action suit against Hoboken over its handling of rent control cant take the credit for prompting a change in the law and so wont recover her legal fees.
Superior Court Judge Edward OConnor Jr. ruled on Oct. 4 that the suit, DeNardo v. City of Hoboken, HUD-L-690-10, was not the catalyst for the change. Rather, the November 2011 ordinance was the result of consensus building that began with a City Council subcommittee formed before the suit was filed in February 2010, he held.
