How to break the lease for your NYC rental apartment

… as a therapists office  The Met Council on Housing  a NYC tenants rights organization has a guide to what … is not considered a landlord under NYC law Whats more every board has its own rules including refusing to let an owner … said that rule is not regularly followed and might not hold water  Relatedly Horigan said landlords often do not paint …

By Evelyn Battaglia |June 16, 2025 - 10:30AM
New York state budget greenlights more condo conversions, new housing vouchers, but no down payment assistance

… Some New York City renters could gain a path to buying their … housing voucher programthat could have major impacts on NYC housing in the coming years The budget includes some big … bidding on a single or twofamily home but nonprofits land banks and community land trusts are exempt Funding for deed …

By Celia Young |May 22, 2025 - 10:30AM
Delayed Section 8 payments could worsen discrimination against tenants, NYC attorneys warn

… York City Housing Authoritywhich administers the largest Section 8 housing voucher program in the nationreceived funds from … unstable the payments are the less likely that unregulated apartments will accept these vouchers and it doesnt matter …

By Celia Young |March 21, 2025 - 4:00PM
Zohran Mamdani wants more union-built housing and to expand rent stabilization in NYC

… Queens Assembly member Zohran Mamdani has ambitious plans for building 200000 new housing units in New York City For current NYC tenants he wants to make the city more effective at responding to housing … caught up with Mamdani at the end of February to talk about how hed tackle housing issues if he were to become NYCs next …

By Celia Young |March 3, 2025 - 3:30PM
Brad Lander pitches homesharing and co-ownership for city workers to ease the housing crisis

… New York City Comptroller Brad Lander bought an apartment with his wife in the 1990s for … make affordable homeownership possible for all New Yorkers Lander is one of the many candidates running for NYC mayor … to do it Brick Underground caught up with Comptroller Brad Lander last week to talk about how hed tackle housing if he …

By Celia Young |February 24, 2025 - 3:30PM
How I won a two-bedroom apartment for $3,500 through NYC’s housing lottery

… and her boyfriend won a twobedroom twobath unit in Clinton Hill Her new place is $3500 per monththe same rent they paid … writer Celia Young I moved here seven years ago to start school and Ive lived here ever since Ive lived all over … for me Its double the size of our last apartment in Clinton Hill Now were about 10 minutes away but still in Clinton …

By Celia Young |February 17, 2025 - 3:00PM