Temporary bookshelf walls to divide a room legally: A guide for NYC renters

… For countless budgetconscious renters in New York City temporary walls have long offered a way to subdivide an apartment and create an additional bedroom to split the rent with a roommate After all it can be … the stringent  income requirements  that landlords have for living here if youre shouldering the rent alone  Roomies or …

By Evelyn Battaglia |July 15, 2025 - 10:30AM
Delayed Section 8 payments could worsen discrimination against tenants, NYC attorneys warn

… be evicted solely because a public housing authoritythe body that distributes the subsidy like NYCHAdidnt pay its …

By Celia Young |March 21, 2025 - 4:00PM
I’ve sublet a rent-stabilized apartment in NYC for five years. How do I take it over?

… Law who represents residential tenants condo owners and landlords and a Brick sponsor FYI If the primary tenant says … said But you and the primary tenant have to come to an agreement at the same time And it needs to be recognized in … that the apartment should be yours because its an illusory tenancy ie the primary tenant is pretending that the …

By Celia Young |March 12, 2025 - 10:30AM