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Roommates + Landlords
What is the warranty of habitability and how does it affect tenants?
By Evelyn Battaglia |February 24, 2026 - 10:45AM
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Troubleshooting
You bought a NYC brownstone. How are you going to manage it?
By Evelyn Battaglia |December 4, 2025 - 11:00AM
Brownstone ground floor apartment
Affordable Housing
Signs that a NYC basement apartment is a safe and legal rental
By Jennifer White Karp |March 10, 2025 - 9:30AM
faucet with hand of woman in kitchen for cleaning, drinking and washing dishes. Interior, steel and household plumbing with sink and tap at home for stream, flowing and splash
Troubleshooting
I used NYC’s free program to test my apartment’s drinking water for lead. Here’s how you can too
By Celia Young |March 5, 2025 - 3:30PM
Pedestrians and homeless man on 5th Avenue in Manhattan
Neighborhood Intel
Thinking about the homeless in a NYC heatwave: An essay
By Jennifer White Karp |July 19, 2024 - 12:30PM
Bessie the cow by J. Henry H. Lowengard
Small Projects + DIY
The cow in my kitchen: A quest to install a new gas stove gave me an electrifying epiphany
By Mary Lowengard |December 18, 2023 - 2:30PM
Smoke from wildfires obscures the Triborough Bridge.
Small Projects + DIY
5 ways to improve the air quality inside your NYC apartment

… staying inside when the air quality is low An air quality index AQI reading of above 50 is poor for those in sensitive …

By Celia Young |July 11, 2023 - 12:30PM
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Small Projects + DIY
How do I get f_____g mice out of my NYC apartment? A Q&A with a pest expert

… About 20 years ago before anyone in the US knew what they were a friend gifted me a pair of Uggs that she … are If their head can go through a hole the rest of the body will follow If theres heat andor food at the other end …

By Marjorie Cohen |January 9, 2023 - 9:30AM
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Roommates + Landlords
Is my landlord responsible for cleaning up a storm-related sewer backup?
By Teri Karush Rogers |October 24, 2022 - 12:30PM