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

… living with her in the South Bronx in an apartment she had rented for over 40 years The landlord was firm that I was … lease In July 2016 I was combing the Internet looking for affordable housing I ran across an article about a lottery for rental …

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

… of the building and the friendliness and warmth of all the staff I was hoping to be placed in an apartment near the … Ive been on the boards of the Frick the New York Public Library the Library for the Performing Arts and other institutions I am …

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

… last year of law school Lillian a pseudonym left student housing and moved into an apartment in Crown Heights with … said Im so sorry Ive never had this happen before but apparently the old tenant is refusing to move out and they cant … Stories features firstperson accounts of dramatic reallife NYC real estate experiences Have a story to share Drop us …

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