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NYC Tenants React to Pied-à-Terrorism: 'I Think It Speaks to How Detached Rich People Are'

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.

Katie Way, Adlan Jackson

August 03, 2026

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A view of a NYC fire escape with AC units next to it.

NYC’s Airbnb Law Has Thinned Out Listings. But Can It Bring Down Rents?

Neil deMause

February 20, 2024

A close-up of a row of apartment buildings.

Official Government Report: It’s Damn Near Impossible to Find an Apartment in NYC

Christopher Robbins

February 09, 2024

Exterior of Lucy's bar.

Lucy’s Is Being Evicted. Do the Landlords Care?

Christopher Robbins

February 08, 2024

Would You Rent This Tiny Upper Manhattan Studio for $1,500 a Month

Would You Rent This Tiny Upper Manhattan Studio for $1,500 a Month

Adlan Jackson

January 23, 2024

A Private Equity Firm Bought This East Village Apartment Complex. A Year Later, Most of the Original Tenants Are Gone

A Private Equity Firm Bought This East Village Apartment Complex. A Year Later, Most of the Original Tenants Are Gone

Max Rivlin-Nadler

October 26, 2023

Three Inches of Water in a Flooded Basement Apartment and Nowhere Else to Go: ‘It Feels Like We’re Forgotten’

Three Inches of Water in a Flooded Basement Apartment and Nowhere Else to Go: ‘It Feels Like We’re Forgotten’

Nick Pinto

September 29, 2023

A prospective tenant assesses a bathtub in the kitchen of a studio apartment.

Scenes From an Open House for a $1,899/Month Little Italy Studio Apartment With a Bathtub in the Kitchen

Christopher Robbins

August 23, 2023

Report: Despite What Landlords Might Say, Rent-Stabilized Apartments Are Pretty Easy to Rent

Report: Despite What Landlords Might Say, Rent-Stabilized Apartments Are Pretty Easy to Rent

Max Rivlin-Nadler

August 21, 2023

A close-up of a row of apartment buildings.

Why the Last-Ditch Effort to Pass Good Cause Failed

Max Rivlin-Nadler

June 13, 2023

Why Are NYC Democrats Endorsing This Landlord-Backed Bill That Would Be a ‘Total Disaster for Rent-Stabilized Housing’?

Why Are NYC Democrats Endorsing This Landlord-Backed Bill That Would Be a ‘Total Disaster for Rent-Stabilized Housing’?

Christopher Robbins

May 12, 2023

City Council members Chi Osse, Alexa Aviles, Sandy Nurse, Shahana Hanif, and Tiffany Caban and tenant organizers disrupt the

Tenants Took Over the Rent Guidelines Board Hearing

Katie Way

May 03, 2023