NYC landlords want tenants who earn 40 times the monthly rent. Here are 7 workarounds

… With median rents continually hitting new records   its harder than ever … … A personal guarantor is someone who will cosign your lease and pay the rent if you cant They are generally …

By Jennifer White Karp |December 30, 2025 - 9:30AM
The holiday gift I gave my landlord helped me avoid a rent increase

… This year I had something on my holiday shopping list that would make many New York City renters balk a gift for my landlord  In addition … Inside Stories features firstperson accounts of dramatic reallife New York City real estate experiences A previous …

By Anonymous |December 8, 2025 - 11:00AM
Tenants of bankrupt Crown Heights buildings want repairs and a chance to buy their units

… The tenants of the red brick and concrete building at 1296 Pacific St all told similar … looking at a rare chance to buy their homes We want to work with the city and with preservation partners to buy our …

By Celia Young |October 29, 2025 - 9:30AM
Can my NYC landlord really make me trash my cannabis plants?

…     … Many New Yorkers can grow their own marijuana in their apartmentsbut not in building common areas  Last June New Yorkers gained the … mature cannabis plants at home But that new right came with several restrictions on where marijuana can be legally …

By Celia Young |September 12, 2025 - 9:30AM