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Roommates + Landlords
What to do if your landlord buyout falls through (and how to make sure it doesn't)
By Lucy Cohen Blatter |May 2, 2017 - 1:59PM
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Rent
For stabilized tenants, two years of rent freezes may soon be over
By Virginia K. Smith |April 27, 2017 - 2:59PM
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Roommates + Landlords
Some landlords are using preferential rents as a way to "declare nuclear war" on stabilized tenants
By Virginia K. Smith |April 26, 2017 - 3:59PM
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Rent
4 major milestones that led to the rent-stabilization laws we have today

… chronicles the widespread frustration with predatory landlords in the city after World War I which led to major … limited the Rent Guidelines Board reports The diversion of resources for the war effort meant that new construction … Act which in New York City resulted in prices for all rental units being frozen at their levels as of March 1 1943 …

By Virginia K. Smith |April 20, 2017 - 2:59PM
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Rent
Rent-stabilized tenants are leaving these neighborhoods in droves. Here's what to do if you're pressured to move
By Alanna Schubach |April 14, 2017 - 1:45PM
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Troubleshooting
Can my landlord really raise my rent 50 percent because the building's J-51 tax abatement expired?
By Virginia K. Smith |April 11, 2017 - 2:59PM
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Roommates + Landlords
Am I allowed to charge a late fee for my tenant who's always behind on rent?

… … Since the lease is rentstabilized you cant introduce a latefee policy if it … a lawyer who represents residential and commercial tenants and tenant associations Because under rentstabilization renewal …

By Virginia K. Smith |February 21, 2017 - 3:59PM