How to research the bed bug history of any NYC rental apartment

… Dealing with an infestation can be extremely stressful for NYC renters and its certainly a possibility in a city like … your buildings bed bug reports … Your first stop should be HPD Online where you can look up  a buildings past annual … the NYC Department of Housing Preservation and Development HPD Property owners need to disclose if any units were …

By Celia Young |June 11, 2024 - 9:30AM
Bed bugs turned their NYC apartments into nightmares. So why do their landlords say these properties are bed bug-free?

… City Department of Housing Preservation and Development HPDwhich enforces the citys housing codeslapped violations … bug history of their apartments from tenants and report to HPD whether any units recently had bed bugs had been treated … is unusual but not unique Brick spoke to two other NYC renters who said their apartments at the same Flatbush …

By Celia Young |May 31, 2024 - 1:30PM
4 questions to ask before taking a free couch you found on the curb

… Not much in life is free but in New York City you can always find someone giving away … good stuff Sometimes its not worth moving furniture to a new placeor maybe theyre Marie Kondoing their apartment But … My boyfriend and I rented one for just over $100 to move a newish couch we scored for $200 from the Bronx to Queens You …

By Austin Havens-Bowen |June 14, 2023 - 12:30PM
Can you kick out a bad landlord? Yes, but problems in your building may not change

… gone up he says Real estate taxes hadnt been paid no water charges had been paid the administrator borrowed money from … The result was a building with unpaid taxes unpaid water charges and increasing debt In many cases the end result is …

By Emily Myers |July 21, 2022 - 12:30PM