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

… my husbandwho has passed on nowwe adopted five children The reason that we moved was because my husband wanted to give …

By Celia Young |March 4, 2024 - 9:30AM
I’ve been a NYC doorman for 22 years. This is what I think about holiday tipping

… A longtime doorman 22 years in a rental building on the Upper East Side who asked to be … ranging in size from 500squarefoot studios to 1500squarefootplus three bedrooms The building has a 24hour staffed lobby … missed it … Inside Stories … staff … tipping … Ive been a NYC doorman for 22 years This is what I think about holiday …

By Kelly Kreth |December 5, 2023 - 12:30PM
Gas was seeping through our walls and my family is lucky our neighbor took action

… a faint whiff of cooking gas in the bedrooms When I asked my husband about it he dismissed my anxiety so I left it … the summer the smell seemed to wane The cat was still alive I reasoned Editors Note Brick Undergrounds Inside … vehicles outside or some other city smell Was it because I live in a household of boys   However heres a lesser known …

By Emily Myers |September 21, 2023 - 2:30PM
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 … to see it and we got in touch with someone that currently lived there who said it was a really nice building So we … … 99 problems and human feces is one … I cant believe I lived there for 10 months There were so many problems right …

By Celia Young |August 7, 2023 - 1:30PM
I found out my apartment used to be rent stabilized. Here’s how I determined if it was legally deregulated

… While I had my suspicions that my apartment used to be rentstabilized I was shocked when I found out my hunch was … with two roommates chipping in  My apartment hasnt been rent stabilized since 2010 when a previous tenant rented it … Renewal DHCR Want to know how you can get your own rent history Brick has you covered Editors Note Brick …

By Celia Young |July 21, 2023 - 12:30PM