politics

Apartment buildings on MacDougal Street in Greenwich Village
Affordable Housing
Cuomo’s attack on Mamdani’s $2,300 apartment brings rent stabilization into the spotlight

… mother and her children slept at a homeless shelter because you assemblyman ZohranKMamdani are occupying her rent … director of the Met Council on Housing   The response from NYCs largest rentstabilized landlord lobbying group the New … rents and so do some marketrate landlords thanks to the new Good Cause Eviction law which enables qualified tenants to …

By Jennifer White Karp |August 13, 2025 - 12:00PM
Buildings tower along NYC waterfront
Investing
What owners and would-be buyers should know about the increased SALT deduction cap
By Jennifer White Karp |July 21, 2025 - 4:30PM
Rent Guidelines Board vote June 30th 2025
Affordable Housing
Rent board approves increases of 3 to 4.5 percent for rent-stabilized units

… to follow the data to know a rent freeze is necessary because I am the data said Esteban Giron a tenant organizer … and abject poverty … A moment for a rent freeze … NYC Comptroller and recent mayoral candidate Brad … percent down from 12 percent before the implementation of Good Cause eviction legislation which protects many market …

By Celia Young |July 1, 2025 - 9:30AM
There are nine candidates vying to win voters on the June 24th ranked choice Democratic primary.
Neighbors
How the Democratic candidates for mayor would fix NYC's housing crisis
By Celia Young |June 13, 2025 - 9:30AM
Looking down on New York streets from the top of a skyscraper
New Construction + Condos
New York state budget greenlights more condo conversions, new housing vouchers, but no down payment assistance
By Celia Young |May 22, 2025 - 10:30AM
Houses and apartment buildings in Queens, NYC
Troubleshooting
Mayor Adams is bringing the tax lien sale back. Here’s how to get your property off the list
By Jennifer White Karp |May 16, 2025 - 9:30AM
A beautiful pink flowering cherry tree next to an old brick residential building with a fire escape in Astoria Queens New York during spring
The Search
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
Tenant protest outside Rent Guidelines Board preliminary vote
Affordable Housing
Rent Guidelines Board intends to raise stabilized rents for a fourth time
By Celia Young |May 1, 2025 - 12:00PM
This is a photograph of a street in the Upper West Side in NYC viewed from the Summit in Central Park through bare tree branches.
Renovation
Fewer buyers, steeper rents, and costlier renovations: How tariffs could impact NYC real estate
By Celia Young |April 17, 2025 - 11:30AM
Tenants of 438 and 440 West 45th Street gathered on the stoop of the apartment building at 438.
Non-Traditional Buyers
Hell’s Kitchen tenants rally for a chance to buy their distressed buildings
By Celia Young |April 1, 2025 - 12:30PM