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Why you should ask about flooding and mold before you sign a lease

By Jennifer White Karp |February 20, 2025 - 12:30AM

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Roommates + Landlords

No heat and pests galore: The top 5 NYC renter complaints of 2024 and how to fix them

By Celia Young |January 27, 2025 - 10:45AM

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The Market

New law requires NY landlords to notify tenants of bed bugs within 72 hours

By Celia Young |November 26, 2024 - 2:30PM

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The Search

How to research the bed bug history of any NYC rental apartment

… tenant But for an apartment hunter these creepy crawlies arent always top of mind Youd do well to check for bed bugs … with an infestation can be extremely stressful for NYC renters and its certainly a possibility in a city like New … Bedbugged! … How to research the bed bug history of any NYC rental apartment …

By Celia Young |June 11, 2024 - 9:30AM

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Roommates + Landlords

Bed bugs turned their NYC apartments into nightmares. So why do their landlords say these properties are bed bug-free?

… has rented a small studio apartment on the Upper East Side for 10 years Hes been battling bed bugs for at least four … according to HPD The reports on Eddies building say the property has been free of bed bugs from 2019 through … show bed bugs inside their apartments and indicate that management was aware of the bugs likely stemming from a …

By Celia Young |May 31, 2024 - 1:30PM