bed bugs

Traditional apartment buildings in New York City, circa 2019, building with scaffolding outside of it.

No heat and pests galore: The top 5 NYC renter complaints of 2024 and how to fix them

… 265000 complaints of a lack of heat or hot water to 311 in 2024 making it the number one complaint to the Housing … the five boroughs The top five 311 complaints to HPD during 2024 according to NYC Open Data Type of 311 complaint Number … No heat and pests galore The top 5 NYC renter complaints of 2024 and how to fix them …

By Celia Young |January 27, 2025 - 10:45AM

A street view of apartment buildings with the Empire State Building in the background at the High Line

The Market

New law requires NY landlords to notify tenants of bed bugs within 72 hours

By Celia Young |November 26, 2024 - 2:30PM

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The Search

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

By Celia Young |June 11, 2024 - 9:30AM

New York, NY, USA 07-18-2023 Mattresses wrapped in plastic on sidewalk out for trash with garbage bags on a Manhattan street. Editorial use only.

Roommates + Landlords

Bed bugs turned their NYC apartments into nightmares. So why do their landlords say these properties are bed bug-free?

By Celia Young |May 31, 2024 - 1:30PM

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Roommates + Landlords

Does my landlord have to disclose bedbug infestations in a building’s common areas?

By Celia Young |February 27, 2024 - 1:33PM

Small Projects + DIY

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 … something Maybe its a couch on the sidewalk waiting for trash collection or a CraigsList post advertising free items … or next to a building stoop or outside a buildings gated area its up for grabs This is how I have unloaded free shoes …