Virginia K. Smith

Dear Sam: I have a rent-stabilized apartment, and hired and paid for my own exterminator. Now the management is refusing to let them into the building to do their work. Is this allowed?

That maybe-haunted Staten Island mansion is back on the market, after a serious price chop (Curbed NY)

Progress on the 2nd Avenue Subway is falling behind schedule (AM NY)

What does it cost these days to live large in the West Village? A monthly nut that's equivalent to most entry-level publishing salaries, it would seem. But in spite of its eye-popping $29,000/month price tag, we're fairly smitten with this two-bedroom that just came on the market in the West Village.

Someone put a Greenpoint igloo on Airbnb after the blizzard (DNAinfo)

Developers say "the Piano District" is just the name of their new Bronx building, not an attempted neighborhood re-branding (BX Times)

Whether inspired by tiny houses or Marie Kondo's compassionate purging, streamlined, small space living seemed to be all the rage last year. And with the unveiling of a sample apartment at the much-hyped Carmel Place (formerly My Micro NY)—the micro-apartment development currently being built in Kips Bay—the trend shows no signs of stopping.