Inside Stories

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How I cut my monthly mortgage payment in half so I could keep my Staten Island home

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By Celia Young |March 4, 2024 - 9:30AM

Affordable Housing

How I won a $444 UWS studio in NYC's affordable housing lottery

By Lcee |December 19, 2023 - 12:30PM

Barbara Fleischman with Chef Jim at Sunrise at 56th

The Market

At age 99, I moved to a luxury senior living facility. Here’s what it’s like

By Marjorie Cohen |November 28, 2023 - 9:30AM

Buy

The outrageously priced Brooklyn condo that I thank god we didn't end up buying

By Mimi OConnor |November 1, 2023 - 3:30PM

Roommates + Landlords

My NYC rental felt unsafe, but a squatter using the basement as a bathroom was the last straw

By Celia Young |August 7, 2023 - 1:30PM

Live

I live in a five-floor NYC townhouse with a private elevator

By Mimi OConnor |June 27, 2023 - 12:30PM

Live

Nightmare in Park Slope: My ‘luxury’ basement apartment flooded three times in two months

… I was capable of horror flickstyle screaming until we moved to our socalled luxury duplex in Park Slope I say that with … in case you missed it I found a listing for a luxury duplex rental apartment in a brownstone in the South Slope a few … mess wondering what to do Of course it happened again the next time it rained This time I made a big fuss and the …

By Anonymous |March 30, 2023 - 12:30PM