How to break the lease for your NYC rental apartment

… When you sign a lease for a New York City rental apartment its essential to understand that you are signing a binding contract That … requirements and can take over the apartments leaseHow to break your lease … Despite some challenges there are …

By Evelyn Battaglia |June 16, 2025 - 10:30AM
Rental assistance program helps NYC tenants pay back $1 million in arrears, avoid eviction

… native Shaisha fell thousands of dollars behind on her rent last year after she was forced to make a tough choice … $4500 in arrears But instead Shaisha secured emergency cash assistance to cover her debt thanks to the fledgling rental … with landlords who refer tenants that are behind on rent to housing nonprofits such as RiseBoro Community Partnership …

By Celia Young |June 5, 2025 - 11:30AM
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 apartments … to help pay their rent according to the Furman Center This spring Section 8 payment delays rattled voucher holders …

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

… cash Gothamist reported A NYCHA spokesperson said that the policy change was not significant and that the payments were … in an email  NYCHA maintains that this is not a significant policy change according to the spokesperson For years NYCHAs … lower Manhattan field office was left with just one field policy and management employee after cuts the New York Daily …

By Celia Young |March 21, 2025 - 4:00PM
Senior housing lottery launches for 73 rent-stabilized units in East Elmhurst

… Housing lottery applications are open for 73 rentstabilized apartments for … with  Tenants will pay 30 percent of their income towards rent and must qualify for Section 8 to be selected for a

By Celia Young |March 13, 2025 - 12:30PM
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 … its a big job and theres a lot of candidates who want to do it Brick Underground caught up with Mamdani at the end of … should make it easier for buildings to comply Right now what weve found is that theres an incentive for many …

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

… 2025 New York City mayoral candidates about their housing policy proposals Please check out our previous interviews … Is there anything else youd like to add about your housing policy positions … Ill tease a couple other fun things well …

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

April a pseudonym moved to New York City to attend college … in Clinton Hill Her new place is $3500 per monththe same rent they paid for a previous one bedroom that was half the … ago but it didnt work out because my thenpartner and I werent living together That also showed me it was possible to …

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