What is the tenant blacklist? Can it prevent me from renting in NYC?

… Searching for an apartment in New York City is always challenging even more so if youve ever been …

By Evelyn Battaglia |September 23, 2025 - 9:30AM
Here's what I learned to get our absentee landlord to fix things fast

… I recall the first few emails I sent to our landlord who lives in California about some problem in our Brooklyn … by timid timewasting phrases like sorry to bother you and the long dialogue that followed until we established what the problem was and how it would be fixed Now a few …

By Jennifer White Karp |August 15, 2025 - 9:30AM
How to break the lease for your NYC rental apartment

… the buildings income requirements and can take over the apartments lease … How to break your lease … Despite some … to determine if  the building has any violations  if apartments have been  illegally deregulated  if the …

By Evelyn Battaglia |June 16, 2025 - 10:30AM
The 7 best ways to get your NYC landlord to make repairs and get them done faster

… or a broken appliance its inevitableespecially if you rent for a long time in New York Citythat you will find yourself … up in housing court withholding rent is sometimes the bestand perhaps fastestway to really get a landlords …

By Brick Underground |May 23, 2025 - 9:30AM
Should you get a smaller rent increase under Good Cause? A new tool helps you figure it out

… Thousands of tenants across New York City are entitled to smaller rent increases this summer under a new law Good Cause Eviction …

By Celia Young |April 24, 2025 - 2:30PM