Inside Stories

… she was 18  her mom told her about NYCs  housing lottery   After years of applying at age 26 she landed a twobedroom … brand new I like the fact that nobody lived in my apartment before me I also like the neighborhoodits cool to see the …

… up  Wed asked our buyers if we could buy the woodwork but after their demurrals wed let it drop terrified of jinxing … whether or not it was rational to worry about annoying them before the closing there was no good reason not to follow up afterwards when wed signed the papers cashed their check and …

… I was dying for autonomy and space I absolutely loved my building and had interesting and friendly people all around … meal When kid number two came along it became very obvious that we needed to move even though I loved our penthousewe … die To me it looked like a place that was blessed with many lives and it was beautiful  Our house is a modest house from …

… I had my suspicions that my New York City apartment used to be rent stabilized I was shocked when I found out my hunch was right But what was even more surprising was how little the previous tenants paid In 1999 a single tenant …