health and safety

Brownstone ground floor apartment
Affordable Housing
Signs that a NYC basement apartment is a safe and legal rental
By Jennifer White Karp |March 10, 2025 - 9:30AM
faucet with hand of woman in kitchen for cleaning, drinking and washing dishes. Interior, steel and household plumbing with sink and tap at home for stream, flowing and splash
Troubleshooting
I used NYC’s free program to test my apartment’s drinking water for lead. Here’s how you can too
By Celia Young |March 5, 2025 - 3:30PM
brownstone NYC
Troubleshooting
You bought a NYC brownstone. How are you going to manage it?
By Evelyn Battaglia |December 17, 2024 - 2:30PM
Pedestrians and homeless man on 5th Avenue in Manhattan
Neighborhood Intel
Thinking about the homeless in a NYC heatwave: An essay
By Jennifer White Karp |July 19, 2024 - 12:30PM
Bessie the cow by J. Henry H. Lowengard
Small Projects + DIY
The cow in my kitchen: A quest to install a new gas stove gave me an electrifying epiphany

… and cooking and move away from environmentally harmful gas Now in part due to the dangers in messing with … a new gas stove installed in a NYC apartmentbe it a condo a coop or a rentaltakes some determination Until recently I … of the new stove I continued my search Next I approached my coops management company opening a completely new can of …

By Mary Lowengard |December 18, 2023 - 2:30PM
Smoke from wildfires obscures the Triborough Bridge.
Small Projects + DIY
5 ways to improve the air quality inside your NYC apartment
By Celia Young |July 11, 2023 - 12:30PM
NYC apartment buildings
Roommates + Landlords
What is the warranty of habitability and how does it affect tenants?
By Emily Myers |May 22, 2023 - 12:30PM
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Small Projects + DIY
How do I get f_____g mice out of my NYC apartment? A Q&A with a pest expert
By Marjorie Cohen |January 9, 2023 - 9:30AM
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Roommates + Landlords
Is my landlord responsible for cleaning up a storm-related sewer backup?
By Teri Karush Rogers |October 24, 2022 - 12:30PM