An East New York woman is in jeopardy of losing her home, and she and members of the Legal Aid Society are calling on Albany to put protections in place for tenants to not be evicted without good cause.  

The apartment has been home to Camey King for over a decade, and she received an eviction notice in March to vacate her apartment. She says her rent payments are on time, and that she only recently learned her home had a new landlord. 

The Legal Aid Society told News 12 that the home King lives in went into foreclosure back in 2016. According to a report filed in the foreclosure case, the new owner, SKZF 737 Mazel LLC, had purchased the property at 737 Alabama Ave. for $525,000, but the deed was effective dating back to Oct. 2021. 

Three months after receiving the eviction notice, King was in housing court, hoping her cries did not fall on deaf ears after being told she needed to leave for no reason.  

Legal Aid Society is representing King in her case while calling on Albany to enact ‘good cause’ legislation to ensure that tenants in unregulated units have basic protections against unwarranted evictions and unreasonable rent increases. 

King’s current vacate deadline is May 15, and her lawyers say the goal is to ask for time for King to find a new place to live.  

News 12 has reached out to the owners of the property and is awaiting a response.