The Paranoid New Yorker's Guide to Googling Your Neighborhood

… check of InsideSchools will update you on local schools and Streeteasy will let you know for how much other similar apartments have sold handy if youre buying and rented a potential bargaining chip with landlords You can … for short because the city has a sense of humor No they arent cute And yes they carry disease … Bedbug Registry … …

By BrickUnderground |April 23, 2015 - 8:59AM
A landlord hits back about that possible rent freeze

… Earlier this week we wrote about a possible rent freeze on stabilized apartments which … Later we heard from a landlord who is none too pleased about this citing common arguments against rent freezes … 20 percent are paying the legal stabilized rent which is about 50 percent below market The 20 percent are tenants who …

By Virginia K. Smith |April 22, 2015 - 12:30PM
Listen up, New Yorkers: Californians aren't the only ones who should save water

… shouldnt take a drought for those of us over here to think about our water habits too In solidarity with our West Coast …

By Lucy Cohen Blatter |April 22, 2015 - 8:59AM
It's cheap(ish) to be a landlord right now—and there might be a rent freeze as a result

… When the Rent Guidelines Board voted on a onepercent allowable rent increase for stabilized apartments last year it was the …   A historic vote for rentstabilized tenantsbut what does it really mean Ask Sam How do I find out if my …

By Virginia K. Smith |April 20, 2015 - 2:30PM
Today is the perfect day for a roundup of our best weed-related NYC living advice

… Why its crucial to ask a potential roommate about their pot policy among other things Lots  of people on Craigslist are …

By Virginia K. Smith |April 20, 2015 - 1:15PM