Alanna Schubach
Contributing writer
Contributing editor Alanna Schubach has over a decade of experience as a New York City-based freelance journalist. She has written about real estate for Brick Underground, Mansion Global, and Barron's. She has also contributed features, essays, and op-eds to The Nation, The Washington Post, The Atlantic, and The Village Voice. She won a National Association of Real Estate Editors’ silver award in 2018 for her Ask an Expert column for Brick Underground. She is also a fiction writer and a creative writing teacher, and currently lives in Brooklyn.
Posts by Alanna Schubach:
Ask Sam: Can I get my rent reduced because my windows are blocked by scaffolding?
December 6, 2023 - 09:30 AM
Attorney Sam Himmelstein has the answers for a NYC renter who wants to know if they qualify for a rent reduction because their windows are blocked by scaffolding.
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Ask Sam: I’m moving and need to break my lease. How can I avoid paying a penalty?
November 22, 2023 - 12:30 PM
Tenant attorney Sam Himmelstein has some advice for a tenant who needs to relocate and wants to avoid a penalty for breaking their lease.
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Ask Sam: What is a 'Frankenstein' apartment and is it legal?
November 8, 2023 - 12:30 PM
New measures have eliminated the 'first rent' rule that allowed landlords to combine or chop up existing rent stabilized apartments and charge a new, higher market-rate rent.
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Ask Sam: I’m breaking my lease, and the landlord listed the apartment for a higher rent. Does this protect me from being sued?
October 25, 2023 - 12:30 PM
A tenant who is breaking a lease says the landlord listed the apartment at a higher rent and wants to know if they are protected from being sued.
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Ask Sam: What is the latest on the rent stabilization lawsuits before the U.S. Supreme Court?
October 12, 2023 - 10:30 AM
Last week the U.S. Supreme Court justices decided against hearing a challenge to rent stabilization law. There are two other petitions still pending.
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How can I tell if an apartment I'm buying has flooded in the past?
October 2, 2023 - 14:30 PM
If a duplex's lower level has been recently upgraded, but the top floor left alone, or if an apartment building's boiler was recently replaced, these could be signs of past floods.
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