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: How do you get a buyout to leave a rent-stabilized apartment?
July 12, 2023 - 12:30 PM
Buyouts may be available for rent-stabilized tenants in co-op or condo conversions, or when a landlord wants to create 'Frankenstein apartments, or demolish a building for a new development.
Read More Ask Sam: How do I find out if my apartment is covered by NYC's Loft Law?
June 28, 2023 - 13:00 PM
The Loft Law has been amended recently, expanding coverage to new neighborhoods, and tenants whose apartments are subject to the law can become rent stabilized, says attorney Sam Himmelstein.
Read More Ask Sam: My luxury building doesn't have the amenities it promised and the rent is going up. Can we push back?
May 24, 2023 - 13:30 PM
If your lease specifies certain amenities—which leases rarely do—then failure to provide them is a breach of contract, and tenants would be entitled to a reduction in their rent, says attorney Sam Himmelstein.
Read More Ask Sam: How high will the Rent Guidelines Board raise rents for stabilized tenants?
May 10, 2023 - 14:30 PM
Tenant attorney Sam Himmelstein expects rent hikes for stabilized tenants to be middle of the Rent Guidelines Board's proposed ranges.
Read More Ask Sam: Our landlord didn't fix a broken front door lock and my bike was stolen. Does he owe me?
April 26, 2023 - 14:30 PM
All NYC tenants are legally entitled to front doors that lock. If your landlord fails to repair a broken lock, here's what you can do.
Read More Ask Sam: A new twist in a fight against a landlord who tenants say illegally de-regulated their apartments
April 12, 2023 - 12:30 PM
The case concerned how to calculate the legal rent for apartments that were illegally destabilized while the owner received J-51 tax benefits.
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