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Roommates + Landlords
Does your apartment need repairs? Here are three sample letters you can send to your landlord to request fixes
By Celia Young |July 6, 2023 - 2:30PM
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Renovation
How to carve out a chic, comfortable home office in your NYC apartment or townhouse
By Evelyn Battaglia |February 3, 2023 - 9:30AM
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Renovation
My cabinets are falling apart and my landlord says I'll owe a contractor $7,000 to fix them. What are my rights?
By Emily Myers |January 30, 2023 - 12:30PM
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Design + Architecture
How do I get the landlord to turn our roof into a comfortable space to hang out?
By Alanna Schubach |June 1, 2021 - 1:30PM
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Renovation
I want to fix up my NYC rental apartment. What kinds of upgrades can I do?
By Alanna Schubach |November 23, 2020 - 12:30PM
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Buy
Do I have a better chance of buying my rental apartment thanks to NYC's rent reforms?

… number of affordable rentals in the city so included in the reforms was a measure to make it harder for landlords to … landlords have been hit by a sledgehammer by the rent reforms and while the larger institutional landlords might … chance of buying my rental apartment thanks to NYCs rent reforms …

By Emily Myers |June 24, 2019 - 2:00PM
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Rent
Would you rent this giant, renovated Bed-Stuy duplex for $4,999?
By Jennifer White Karp |May 23, 2019 - 9:00AM
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Affordable Housing
Fair deal? How I tracked down my stabilized apartment’s rent history

… When I got my recent lease renewal I wasnt surprised to find a small raise in rent for the upcoming year I am … at all On my floor there are two other rent stabilized tenants both have been living in the building for 35 years I … with my friend Len a software engineer and tenants rights advocate who lives in Manhattan in a rentstabilized …

By Kelly Kreth |May 9, 2019 - 9:00AM
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Improve
Super a no-show? Ms. Fix It will school you in DIY basics
By Mimi OConnor |April 11, 2019 - 1:00PM