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The Market
Manhattan median rent hit $4,700 in July, the fifth record in six months
By Jennifer White Karp |August 14, 2025 - 9:30AM
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Roommates + Landlords
Temporary bookshelf walls to divide a room legally: A guide for NYC renters
By Evelyn Battaglia |July 15, 2025 - 10:30AM
Young woman using laptop at new apartment, with moving boxes around.
Roommates + Landlords
Didn't get your security deposit returned in NYC? A new chatbot can help

… money they owe you Tom Martin CEO of the legal tech company LawDroid launched an online chatbot that can help New … including the Attorney Generals Residential Tenants Rights Guide But it cant help you with everything for example Brick … factcheck the answers an AI model gives you As Depositrons home page notes its not a lawyer and it cannot give you …

By Celia Young |July 7, 2025 - 11:00AM
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Roommates + Landlords
How to break the lease for your NYC rental apartment
By Evelyn Battaglia |June 16, 2025 - 10:30AM
New York City, East Village Apartment Buildings
Roommates + Landlords
Rental assistance program helps NYC tenants pay back $1 million in arrears, avoid eviction
By Celia Young |June 5, 2025 - 11:30AM
Looking down on New York streets from the top of a skyscraper
New Construction + Condos
New York state budget greenlights more condo conversions, new housing vouchers, but no down payment assistance
By Celia Young |May 22, 2025 - 10:30AM
Building facades in New York in winter view from street
Affordable Housing
Delayed Section 8 payments could worsen discrimination against tenants, NYC attorneys warn
By Celia Young |March 21, 2025 - 4:00PM
A rendering of the seven-story development in the East Elmhurst neighborhood of Queens.
Affordable Housing
Senior housing lottery launches for 73 rent-stabilized units in East Elmhurst
By Celia Young |March 13, 2025 - 12:30PM
Residential towers on the Upper East Side of Manhattan
Roommates + Landlords
I’ve sublet a rent-stabilized apartment in NYC for five years. How do I take it over?
By Celia Young |March 12, 2025 - 10:30AM
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Neighborhood Intel
Zohran Mamdani wants more union-built housing and to expand rent stabilization in NYC
By Celia Young |March 3, 2025 - 3:30PM