Candidly, “may” might not be the appropriate word that reporters in a recent investigative piece are looking for. A media report from last week that spotlights problems with New York City’s “biggest housing subsidy” notes that apparent widespread landlord disregard of the program’s reporting requirements…
Renters looking for affordable housing in New York City know that it’s a difficult task. People can spend years searching for an affordable place to live, especially if they confine their search to a particular neighborhood. The city provides some options to make the process…
‘Twas the night before Christmas And taped to the door Was an eviction notice And what was it for? The landlord he said That our two little boys Would run and would jump And made way too much noise Believe if you will in Santa…
No one expects to find a cheap apartment in New York City. It’s a well-known fact that finding a place to live in the city can be expensive. Rent Jungle, a website that specializes in apartment information, tracks common rents in the area. According to…
It’s a tradition for many to visit New York City during the holiday season to shop, see the parade or catch a show. While a decade ago that would have meant staying at a Midtown Hotel or somewhere in Greenwich Village, Airbnb, the home-sharing company,…
Battling with your landlord in housing court or facing eviction are experiences tenants should not have to face alone. If Intro 214-A passes, they won’t have to. Intro 214-A is a bill proposing that people below a certain income level have a guaranteed right to…
Imagine being an employee at the New York City Department of Housing Preservation & Development tasked with fielding customer complaints. Workers there were contacted by disgruntled consumers nearly 238,000 times last year — just on heat-related concerns. It gets cold in the city, of course,…
A recent media report notes that A&E Real Estate Holdings, reportedly the fifth-largest owner of apartment rental units in New York City, has been “touted as an important success story” by city administrators for the central role it plays in building and preserving affordable dwellings…
Reportedly, “no one was picking up the phone” at any of the several New York City properties of a landlord who was prominently cited in a recent media report. Here’s why: He tops a housing-related list that nobody wants to be on. That succinctly stated…
That’s the bad news. The good news, however, is that New York City now has laws protecting tenants from these infestations. The city’s Housing and Maintenance Code requires landlords to eliminate bed bugs, and the Department of Housing Preservation and Development gives them a 30-day…
If you are a renter in New York City, you’ve most likely heard about the tenant blacklist. But what, exactly, is it? You may wonder if it’s more myth than fact. NYC landlords do indeed have tenant blacklists. You may be surprised, however, to learn…
As a would-be renter in New York City, you would automatically know that having your name affixed to a so-called “tenant blacklist” can’t be a good thing, right? And yet, notwithstanding that knowledge, you might reasonably be in the dark regarding exactly what that list…
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