What you need to know about "poor doors," now that one is coming to the Upper West Side

… between affordable and marketrate tenants is not transparent With my extra savings from cheap rent I am able to travel the world and buy nice things one … and facilities for residents of the building Related Ask an expert are condo renters entitled to use the new gym …

By Virginia K. Smith |July 21, 2014 - 12:59PM
De Blasio's big affordable housing moment (and a rent freeze?)--what does it all mean for you?

… the longawaited announcement of his $41 billion 10year plan to tackle the citys massive muchdiscussed affordable housing … up burying the weeks second major housing story yesterdays  Rent Guidelines Board vote to potentially freeze rent … hard minimum percentage for affordable units it depends on how that breaks down Developers are much more willing to

By Virginia K. Smith |May 6, 2014 - 4:04PM
80/20 apartment living: My life as a 20 percenter

… groceries Most of the dinner party attendees lived in cool Brooklyn neighborhoods   I grew up in lower Manhattan which … an application The ads are usually in the Daily News or the NY Postnot the New York Times Maybe because the average NY … by parks but I also feel really out of place There isnt a local café where struggling artists and writers hang out and …

By Anonymous |October 2, 2012 - 9:51AM