Inside Stories

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

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

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

… lease In July 2016 I was combing the Internet looking for affordable housing I ran across an article about a lottery for rental … and a US Navy veteran who served from 19881991 and moved home to care for her ailing mother She asked us to refer to …

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

… He said Im so sorry Ive never had this happen before but apparently the old tenant is refusing to move out and they cant … a little bigger but it was in an old building that was gut renovated and it didnt have all the amenities of the other … for 10 months There were so many problems right away It was newly renovated and a lot of stuff was clearly shoddy All …