Lucy Cohen Blatter

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To pass your co-op board interview, read this first
By Lucy Cohen Blatter
August 8, 2012 - 08:14 AM
Your offer on that co-op has been accepted. Now comes the scary part: The board interview. This week's SurvivalList--a thematic curation of Brick's best posts--focuses on what you need to know to navigate this rite of (co-op) passage.
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These 5 former Manhattanites love/hate the 'burbs and are barely breaking even there
By Lucy Cohen Blatter
August 6, 2012 - 14:38 PM
It can happen at any moment. Sometimes it's while lugging your groceries up to your fifth floor walk-up apartment. Sometimes it's when you're listening to your neighbor’s dog barking. Often, for mothers of pint-sized city dwellers, it’ll happen on a rainy day when you feel trapped in your shoebox-sized apartment. 
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13 NYC apartment buildings that have totally banned smoking
By Lucy Cohen Blatter
August 3, 2012 - 14:06 PM
The smoking ban in New York City bars and restaurants has been around for nearly nine years, and just last year, the city implemented its outdoor smoking ban. Now more and more residential buildings are getting in on the no-smoking action.
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17 tips for casing the joint, from an open-house addict
By Lucy Cohen Blatter
August 2, 2012 - 14:38 PM
Upper West Sider Michael Waxenberg is what you might call an open house junkie. He has attended hundreds of NYC open houses over the last five years and freely shared his views about many of them online at StreetEasy, where he comments under the handle West 81st.
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No-Fee Apartment of the Week: $5,850 TriBeCa two-bedroom
By Lucy Cohen Blatter
July 27, 2012 - 14:07 PM

We have a confession to make -- we love TriBeCa. Maybe that's why this $5,850 two-bedroom, two-bath is so appealing, despite its steep price tag. Also, the family-sized apartment is located in one of the best school districts in the city, so for families with school-age children (fyi there's a park just 2 blocks away) it might be worth shelling out the extra cash.

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A move-by-move neighborhood guide for the people, by the people
By Lucy Cohen Blatter
July 25, 2012 - 15:07 PM

When in the market to buy or rent a new place, many New Yorkers shop for a neighborhood first. And once they have their hearts set on a location, many will sacrifice square footage and pay a premium just to live there.

Distilling each neighborhood's trials and tribulations is the aim of our Transitions column, in which one New Yorker each week contrasts their latest 'hood with the one they left behind. What’s resulted is an unvarnished firsthand guide to dozens of NYC nabes (and micro-nabes).

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