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Renovation
5 quick and inexpensive renovation projects if you're selling your apartment or house
By Jennifer White Karp |November 24, 2025 - 2:00PM
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Products + Services
Yes, you can install central AC in your co-op or condo unit. Here's how
By Evelyn Battaglia |July 8, 2025 - 9:30AM
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Neighbors
I survived NYC without AC for three years. Here’s why I finally caved
By Celia Young |June 27, 2025 - 9:30AM
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Live
6 ways to fight dust in your NYC apartment
By Brick Underground |June 26, 2025 - 12:30PM
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Products + Services
My neighbor's dripping AC is driving me crazy. What can I do?
By Brick Underground |June 23, 2025 - 9:30AM
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Roommates + Landlords
11 things NYC landlords are required to provide, and 11 they’re not that might surprise you
By Jennifer White Karp |April 8, 2025 - 10:00AM
New York City Council Member Sandy Nurse speaks at the Nov. 12th hearing.
Neighborhood Intel
City Council debates bills requiring AC in apartments, allowing more short-term rentals, and expanding anti-harassment protections
By Celia Young |November 19, 2024 - 2:30PM
New York, NY USA - December 6, 2023 : Hand-painted yellow and red "Sweet Corner Grocery Corp." sign over a deli on a two-story brick apartment building in Harlem, New York City
Roommates + Landlords
Proposed NYC bill would require landlords to provide AC in the summer
By Celia Young |July 23, 2024 - 11:00AM
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Troubleshooting
Summer in the city: How to make NYC apartment living more bearable
By Jennifer White Karp |July 10, 2024 - 9:30AM
A window air conditioning unit outside an old brick apartment building above a garden with yellow sunflowers during summer in Astoria Queens New York
Roommates + Landlords
Do I really need a landlord's permission to install an AC I bought myself?

… … Its understandable that you would want to avoid a rent increase and install an AC on your own but doing so without your landlords permission could violate your rentstabilized lease In an extreme situation your landlord could potentially try to evict you if they find out …

By Celia Young |July 8, 2024 - 3:45PM