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

… I knew that when my mom passed away Id have to find a place to live I was living with her in the South Bronx in an apartment she had rented for over 40 years The landlord was firm that I was … housing I ran across an article about a lottery for rental apartments opening on the Upper West Side The …

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

… With all of its activity and people New York City is a place of … New Yorkers dont soon forget the dirt cheap or gorgeous apartments they let slip through their fingers But not all … to find a new place to live Wed been saving and looking off and on for years and were hoping to buy On paper the …

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