What undocumented tenants and apartment hunters should know about their rights in NYC

… for a New York City landlord to discriminate against a renter or tenant based on their immigration status But given … youre looking for an apartment or already living in a NYC rental It is a scary time said Allison Yurcik senior … has punished landlords for these threats in the past In 2017 an NYC judge ordered a Queens landlord to pay $17000 in …

By Celia Young |January 31, 2025 - 1:00PM
In Queens, Bukharian Jews keep their tradition and their community strong

… In Brick Undergrounds  Immigrant New York column  we celebrate the immigrant enclaves that make our city the vibrant metropolis it is Were proud of our melting pota mixture … This makes Queens the second largest Bukharian Jewish community in the world Israel is the first  It is thought …

By Marjorie Cohen |August 31, 2017 - 3:00PM
Inside Sunset Park, the city's largest (and growing) Chinatown

… a borough of Beijing will be erected on Eighth Avenue and 61st Street in the fall of this year Were planning on … were being crowded out of Manhattans Chinatown 20 years ago Rents were climbing and space was running out in that narrow … In Sunset Park in the 1990s residential and commercial rents and purchase prices were relatively low and there was …

By Marjorie Cohen |May 17, 2017 - 8:59AM
Little Senegal on Harlem's 116th Street shrinks as gentrification takes hold

… Senegal in West Harlem For three decades the blocks on West 116th Street from Morningside Avenue to Fifth Avenue have … located on West 116th Street is no surprise The increase in rents are changing the demographics of the neighborhood  … Board to help address the reality that higher and higher rents are driving Senegalese from their homes and businesses …

By Marjorie Cohen |March 22, 2017 - 8:59AM