renting

L-shaped divider with shelves and a sliding door from Manhattan Pressurized Walls
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
By Celia Young |July 7, 2025 - 11:00AM
Image of a building in New York City
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

… convert some newer large apartment buildings from rental to condo Its one of a handful of initiativesincluding a new … a state ban on pricefixing software that sets rents for landlordswhich Hochul pitched in January Read on for how the … in getting their properties off the tax lien sale list Private investors can purchase these liens tack on high …

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

… Housing lottery applications are open for 73 rentstabilized apartments for seniors at a new development in East Elmhurst Queens … selected for a unit All of the apartments are reserved for seniorseither individuals who are 62 years old or older or …

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
Graphic of Zohran Mamdani with the line "meet the mayoral candidates"
Neighborhood Intel
Zohran Mamdani wants more union-built housing and to expand rent stabilization in NYC
By Celia Young |March 3, 2025 - 3:30PM
Lander also proposed ramping up code enforcement at NYC buildings where residents regularly complain of a lack of heat.
Neighborhood Intel
Brad Lander pitches homesharing and co-ownership for city workers to ease the housing crisis
By Celia Young |February 24, 2025 - 3:30PM