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

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

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

A beautiful pink flowering cherry tree next to an old brick residential building with a fire escape in Astoria Queens New York during spring

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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

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

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

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.

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REBNY sues to block new NYC broker fee law

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

Chi Ossé at the rally at the steps of City Hall before the Nov. 13th vote on the broker fee bill.

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NYC broker fee bill becomes law without Adams’s signature

… FARE Act within a 30day window after approval by the City Council enabling the bill to become a law UPDATE The … and suffocating system New Yorkers can be free from the forced broker fee once this new law takes effect in June … significant support from the 51person City Council and passed with a vetoproof majority of 42 members in favor on …

By Celia Young |December 16, 2024 - 3:00PM

Chi Ossé on the steps of the New York City Council ahead of an afternoon vote on his FARE Act.

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Broker fee bill passes with strong support in NYC Council vote

… A big shakeup is in store for broker fees in New York City A controversial bill that … landlord who hires a rental agent to pay for their services passed in a longawaited New York City Council vote this …