With buyers clamoring for rentals, and pressure from new laws, landlords ask for higher rents in Manhattan and Brooklyn

… saw increases for Manhattanand record hikes for Brooklyns median and average rent The change in New Yorks rent laws are not the main driver lifting rents A weak sales market has been contributing to a strong rental market for about nine months Wouldbe buyers have been choosing to rent instead of buy  driving …

By Jennifer White Karp |September 12, 2019 - 10:00AM