No heat and pests galore: The top 5 NYC renter complaints of 2024 and how to fix them

… On one of the coldest days this winter I attempted to take a shower I say attempted because after enduring five minutes of … experience commonplace for thousands of New Yorker City renters each year Renters filed more than 265000 complaints …

By Celia Young |January 27, 2025 - 10:45AM
Bed bugs turned their NYC apartments into nightmares. So why do their landlords say these properties are bed bug-free?

… Eddie has rented a small studio apartment on the Upper East Side for … is unusual but not unique Brick spoke to two other NYC renters who said their apartments at the same Flatbush … If tenants suspect they have bedbugs in their home they should contact their landlord and call 311 One of our …

By Celia Young |May 31, 2024 - 1:30PM
Does my landlord have to disclose bedbug infestations in a building’s common areas?

… Every person deserves a safe and comfortable place to call home says Natasha Kersey deputy press secretary for the HPD … catch so you can properly identify them later Trouble at home Get your NYC apartmentdweller questions answered by an …

By Celia Young |February 27, 2024 - 1:33PM
Can you kick out a bad landlord? Yes, but problems in your building may not change

… third of a buildings tenants to ask the court to appoint an administrator to step in and take the place of the owner   … … out a landlord and replacing them with an HPDmonitored administrator should eventually improve conditions but … says thats not always what happens  Tenants think the administrators can come in and solve all the problems but …

By Emily Myers |July 21, 2022 - 12:30PM