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Rent
This 1994 City Council vote is the reason you can't afford your rent
By Virginia K. Smith |December 19, 2016 - 12:59PM
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Rent
Have you been overcharged on rent? Head to the Brooklyn Library this week for tips on how to fight back
By Virginia K. Smith |October 18, 2016 - 2:59PM
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Affordable Housing
Here's how incomes—and rents—are REALLY calculated in NYC's affordable housing
By Virginia K. Smith |September 15, 2016 - 8:59AM
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Roommates + Landlords
How to find out if your building has a J-51 tax abatement—and if your rent was raised illegally

… Thousands of New York City tenants who  should  be rentstabilized are paying marketrate rents or being forced out of their apartments thanks to a …

By Virginia K. Smith |September 1, 2016 - 10:30AM
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Affordable Housing
Why rent control isn’t always all it’s cracked up to be
By Alanna Schubach |August 31, 2016 - 2:46PM
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Roommates + Landlords
How one Queens renter outsmarted a landlord trying to deregulate his apartment

… There are about one million rentstabilized units in NYCas well as … it if you actually have family to move in and they plan to live there for three years And if they dont use the unit …   … Rent … Roommates + Landlords … Best of Brick … Queens … rent regulation … How one Queens renter outsmarted …

By Alanna Schubach |August 30, 2016 - 12:20PM
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Co-ops
Should our co-op be worried about a new sponsor hassling our tenants?
By Virginia K. Smith |June 20, 2016 - 1:59PM
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Affordable Housing
Good news for stabilized renters: That rent freeze might last another year
By Virginia K. Smith |May 4, 2016 - 4:15PM