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Affordable Housing
How I won a $444 UWS studio in NYC's affordable housing lottery

… presenting it again in case you missed it I followed the link provided and signed up at Housing Connect the website … down my DD214 military discharge form to send with the application I applied on July 14th The lottery closed on …

By Lcee |December 19, 2023 - 12:30PM
Barbara Fleischman with Chef Jim at Sunrise at 56th
The Market
At age 99, I moved to a luxury senior living facility. Here’s what it’s like
By Marjorie Cohen |November 28, 2023 - 9:30AM
Brooklyn condo roof
Buy
The outrageously priced Brooklyn condo that I thank god we didn't end up buying
By Mimi OConnor |November 1, 2023 - 3:30PM
A row of Brooklyn apartment buildings.
Roommates + Landlords
My NYC rental felt unsafe, but a squatter using the basement as a bathroom was the last straw
By Celia Young |August 7, 2023 - 1:30PM
Hand pushing elevator buttons.
Live
I live in a five-floor NYC townhouse with a private elevator
By Mimi OConnor |June 27, 2023 - 12:30PM
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Live
Nightmare in Park Slope: My ‘luxury’ basement apartment flooded three times in two months
By Anonymous |March 30, 2023 - 12:30PM
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Sales Market
How the 'real estate whisperer' won a 30-way bidding war and landed his dream house
By Jennifer White Karp |January 18, 2023 - 9:30AM
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Kids + Pets
I keep chickens in my Bed-Stuy backyard and it's not as much work as you might think
By Austin Havens-Bowen |October 18, 2022 - 9:30AM
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Neighborhood Intel
The vegetable garden on my Brooklyn roof deck is my pride and joy. Here's how I created it
By Emily Myers |September 29, 2022 - 1:30PM
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Affordable Housing
Squatters made our life hell so we're fixing our building and kicking our landlord out
By Emily Myers |September 7, 2022 - 9:30AM