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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

The Search

How to move to NYC: A crash course for finding an apartment

… but its not all bad newsseriously If youre flexible about where you are willing to live the size of your apartment and the amenities you can forgo youll have more … extensive interview series with New Yorkers who made the move from one neighborhood to another newcomers who …

By Jennifer White Karp |June 30, 2025 - 9:30AM

Aerial view of NYC residential buildings

Rent

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

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

The Search

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

… your plan know that you will face lots of competition for apartments Of course its not just recent graduates who are … But apartment hunters will see a major upfront cost removed if the broker fee law goes into effect as expected … … What it takes to qualify for a rental … Lets get this one out of the way It is not easy to qualify financially for a …

By Evelyn Battaglia |April 15, 2025 - 10:00AM