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By Jennifer White Karp |April 25, 2024 - 4:30PM

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I found out my apartment used to be rent stabilized. Here’s how I determined if it was legally deregulated

… my suspicions that my New York City apartment used to be rent stabilized I was shocked when I found out my hunch was … more surprising was how little the previous tenants paid In 1999 a single tenant paid $676 for the entire threebedroom … with two roommates chipping in My apartment hasnt been rent stabilized since 2010 when a previous tenant rented it …

By Celia Young |April 23, 2024 - 11:00AM

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By Emily Myers |April 4, 2024 - 1:30PM

Affordable Housing

I won a $908 studio in Long Island City in NYC's housing lottery, but I didn't count on the culture shock

… set of keys … The longawaited interview … After asking for advice from everyone I knew who had applied to the housing … My cousins helped me move in and my aunts pitched in by buying my plates and stockpiles of toiletries It took months …

By Austin Havens-Bowen |February 5, 2024 - 1:30PM