These Longtime Crown Heights Tenants Could One Day Own Their Apartments
After a sheriff's sale this week, a group of organized New York City tenants are on track to take over the buildings their grandparents once rented units in.
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Getting My $1,300/Month Rent-Stabilized One Bedroom Required an 'Imagination for Evil'
To complete my odyssey, I had to plumb the depths of the FARE Act...and my very soul.
Pied-à-Tumbleweeds: City Council's Hearing on Tax Rollout Was a Dud
The administration didn't bother to show up, and maybe no one else should have either.
NYC Tenants React to Pied-à-Terrorism: 'I Think It Speaks to How Detached Rich People Are'
A few of the millions of New Yorkers who don't own a home weigh in on the controversy.
Owning a $5 Million Home Is Hard Enough. Now They May Have to Fill Out Some Forms
The Mamdani administration mailed notices to 17,000 property owners who might be subject to a new second-home tax. The outrage has been deafening.
Greenpoint 'Godzilla' Towers Greenlit With 50 Percent Affordability (After 100 Percent Drama)
The Monitor Point development, expected by 2031, will comprise three towers, soar to 600 feet, and include 1,300 apartments.
Casting Company Regrets That This Landlord 'Duped' Them Into Hiring Zombies for His Anti-Rent Freeze Demonstration
Characters for Hire says it's not to blame for sending unwitting actors into a live protest last week.
Mamdani's $22 Billion Housing Plan: The Bold, the Borrowed, and the Bogus
Our new mayor's development and preservation goals are far more ambitious than Bloomberg's or de Blasio's were, but many questions about funding and execution remain.
Bowery SRO Tenants Say They're Being Squeezed Out by a Boutique Hotel: 'Where Are We Gonna Go?'
While a state and City task force is now investigating the building, it may be too late to preserve these affordable housing units and keep the long-term residents in their homes.
The First Task for Mayor Mamdani's Office of Mass Engagement: Pack the Rent Guidelines Board Hearings
The hotly awaited debut for the new City agency led by the mayor's former field director, Tascha Van Auken.