tenants' rights

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
Historic brick facades of NYC apartment buildings
Affordable Housing
Getting overcharged by a landlord? Here’s how the Tenant Protection Unit helps rent-stabilized tenants

… Tenants living in New York Citys rentstabilized apartments … your rent And theres another resource rentstabilized tenants should put on their radar the Tenant Protection Unit …

By Celia Young |April 3, 2025 - 10:30AM
Tenants of 438 and 440 West 45th Street gathered on the stoop of the apartment building at 438.
Non-Traditional Buyers
Hell’s Kitchen tenants rally for a chance to buy their distressed buildings
By Celia Young |April 1, 2025 - 12:30PM
A photo of Whitney Tilson
Neighborhood Intel
Whitney Tilson wants to speed up development and make it easier for small landlords to evict non-paying tenants
By Celia Young |March 31, 2025 - 9:30AM
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
Unionized workers rallied outside of Legal Services NYC’s Manhattan office at 40 Worth St. in February amid contract negotiations. Signs read "Fair Contract Now!!"
Neighborhood Intel
Tenant attorneys and legal service workers secure contract, avoid strike
By Celia Young |March 11, 2025 - 2:30PM
small dog in the window of New York Brownstone
Troubleshooting
I have an emotional support animal. How do I get my new landlord to let me keep it?
By Celia Young |February 12, 2025 - 9:45AM
A red brick Brooklyn multifamily apartment building
Roommates + Landlords
5 things NYC tenants need to know before going on a rent strike

… You can send them a formal letter You can get your fellow tenants to complain You can call 311 You can file an HP … this fails it might be time to consider another option a rent strike Rent strikeswhen tenants collectively withhold rent to force …

By Celia Young |February 10, 2025 - 10:30AM