Inside Stories

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

… Lifelong New Yorker Iona Jarmond was in danger of losing her Staten … in 2016 and she couldnt keep up with her monthly mortgage payments But Jarmond was able to get free assistance from … 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

… edge and convinced her to leave I was living in New York for school and got pretty priced out of my old neighborhood … said Im so sorry Ive never had this happen before but apparently the old tenant is refusing to move out and they cant … We asked to view the apartment and here was red flag number one The agent said the current tenant was very cagey and …

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