Manhattan median rent hit $4,700 in July, the fifth record in six months

… Each month rents for new leases in New York City are setting new annual … coming close to new records reflecting a highly competitive rental market In Manhattan median rent rose to a new high … when you factor in that significant numbers of apartments are available but are not being publicly …

By Jennifer White Karp |August 14, 2025 - 9:30AM
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 … an apartment and create an additional bedroom to split the rent with a roommate After all it can be hard to meet the … the DOB is of the utmost concern Thats because dividing up apartments with pressurized walls to create illegal bedrooms …

By Evelyn Battaglia |July 15, 2025 - 10:30AM
Didn't get your security deposit returned in NYC? A new chatbot can help

… and forked over thousands of dollars for a New York City rental of your very own But youre still sweating because you … into returning the money they owe you Tom Martin CEO of the legal tech company LawDroid launched an online chatbot that … your money and someone is holding it hostage If we could free them of that fear and anxiety that would be why were …

By Celia Young |July 7, 2025 - 11:00AM
Delayed Section 8 payments could worsen discrimination against tenants, NYC attorneys warn

… City rely on federally funded vouchers to pay part of their rent But for the past two months those subsidies were … It may lead to even more landlords being apprehensive about renting to tenants that have Section 8 vouchers Its illegal … 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
I’ve sublet a rent-stabilized apartment in NYC for five years. How do I take it over?

… Landing a rentstabilized apartment provides a major advantage to many New York City renters But taking over the unit from the tenant youre … them There are three ways a NYC subletter can take over a rentstabilized apartment from the primary tenant You can get …

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

By Celia Young |March 3, 2025 - 3:30PM