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Moving to NYC after college? Here's how to find a rental apartment

… And NYC landlords are by no means desperate for tenants Rents continue to hit new records concessions like free … at home … For other important conversation topics check out The 21 best questions to ask potential roommates … where you end up living so start cruising listings in your price range and take note if the majority of them seem to be …

By Evelyn Battaglia |March 30, 2026 - 11:30AM

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By Jennifer White Karp |January 5, 2026 - 10:30AM

Rent

Ask Altagracia: If I pay a broker’s fee that a landlord should cover under the FARE Act, can I get a refund?

Sponsored By Outerbridge Law P.C. |October 22, 2025 - 9:30AM

This is a photograph of brightly painted fire escapes on historic brick buildings in the Lower East Side of Manhattan.

The Search

NYC renters have filed hundreds of FARE Act complaints. Here’s what happens next

By Celia Young |October 6, 2025 - 12:30PM

Council members Chi Ossé and Shaun Abreu at a rally before the FARE Act vote in November.

Affordable Housing

NYC's broker fee law survives another challenge from REBNY

By Jennifer White Karp |July 14, 2025 - 3:00PM

Aerial view of NYC residential buildings

Rent

FARE Act takes effect: What NYC renters need to know about the new broker fee law

… New York Citys new law that shifts responsibility for most broker fees from renters to landlords will go into effect tomorrow after a …

By Jennifer White Karp |June 10, 2025 - 3:00PM

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

New-York building facades with fire escape stairs

The Search

NYC defends broker fee law against 'unpersuasive' REBNY lawsuit in court

By Celia Young |February 28, 2025 - 3:30PM

Rent

NYC neighborhoods with the highest shares of concessions for renters

By Jennifer White Karp |January 15, 2025 - 2:30PM

Supporters of the FARE Act gather at a rally at the steps of City Hall before the Nov. 13th vote, where the act passed with 42 council members in favor.

The Search

REBNY sues to block new NYC broker fee law

… real estate trade association filed a lawsuit on Monday to block the FARE Act from taking effect in midJune Just … is not the first time REBNY has sued to block changes to how broker fees are regulated The organization successfully … the departments interpretation of the 2019 rent reforms … How the FARE Act came to be … Ossé first introduced the FARE …

By Celia Young |December 17, 2024 - 10:45AM