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Bidding wars for rentals: How to outsmart your competition for an apartment
By Brick Underground |April 10, 2026 - 9:30AM
This is a photograph of brightly painted fire escapes on historic brick buildings in the Lower East Side of Manhattan.
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NYC renters have filed hundreds of FARE Act complaints. Here’s what happens next
By Celia Young |October 6, 2025 - 12:30PM
A beautiful pink flowering cherry tree next to an old brick residential building with a fire escape in Astoria Queens New York during spring
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A wet, hot, broker fee-free summer? A major change to rental broker fees is supposed to start in June
By Celia Young |May 12, 2025 - 1:30PM
New-York building facades with fire escape stairs
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NYC defends broker fee law against 'unpersuasive' REBNY lawsuit in court
By Celia Young |February 28, 2025 - 3:30PM
Supporters of the FARE Act gather at a rally at the steps of City Hall before the Nov. 13th vote, where the act passed with 42 council members in favor.
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REBNY sues to block new NYC broker fee law

… who hires a broker to market an apartment pay their fee or risk facing  civil penalties of up to $2000 It also … the Department of Consumer and Worker Protection with informing New Yorkers about the FARE Act through a public … to find housing but it also infringes upon constitutional guarantees of free speech and contract rights as well as New …

By Celia Young |December 17, 2024 - 10:45AM
Chi Ossé at the rally at the steps of City Hall before the Nov. 13th vote on the broker fee bill.
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NYC broker fee bill becomes law without Adams’s signature
By Celia Young |December 16, 2024 - 3:00PM
Chi Ossé on the steps of the New York City Council ahead of an afternoon vote on his FARE Act.
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Broker fee bill passes with strong support in NYC Council vote
By Celia Young |November 13, 2024 - 3:30PM
A row of colorful old brick apartment buildings and residential buildings with fire escapes along a street in Chelsea of New York City.
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Forget what you’ve heard: You don’t have to pay a ‘good faith’ deposit for a rental
By Celia Young |October 7, 2024 - 3:15PM
Chi Ossé presides over the contentious city council meeting on his broker fee bill on June 12th, 2024.
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Game-changing broker fee bill moves forward in NYC Council
By Celia Young |September 23, 2024 - 5:15PM
Young woman is sitting on a windowsill in an empty room of a newly rented apartment, tired after moving in. stock photo
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3 essential steps for renting a NYC apartment sight-unseen
By Celia Young |September 17, 2024 - 12:30PM