Inside Stories

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

… in 2016 and she couldnt keep up with her monthly mortgage payments But Jarmond was able to get free assistance from Legal Services NYCs Staten Island office funded by the states Homeowner … home in her hands … Jarmond … Ive lived in New York all of my life I was born in Harlem hospital and I moved to …

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

… living in New York for school and got pretty priced out of my old neighborhood I found two other people looking to move … Stories features firstperson accounts of dramatic reallife NYC real estate experiences Have a story to share Drop us … account set up properly because the landlord was still paying the electricity from when they had been renovating …

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