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: My landlord didn't send a lease renewal. Should I ask for it?
March 22, 2023 - 10:30 AM
If you've lived in your NYC apartment, two or more years, landlords must give 90 days’ notice if raising the rent over 5 percent or not renewing your lease.
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Ask Sam: How do I make the switch from subletter to tenant of a rent-stabilized apartment?
March 8, 2023 - 12:30 PM
As the subletter of a rent-stabilized apartment you may be entitled to become the tenant through a legal doctrine known as illusory tenancy, but this could put you at odds with the primary tenant you are subletting from, says Sam Himmelstein, an attorney at Himmelstein, McConnell, Gribben & Joseph.
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Ask Sam: Will the U.S. Supreme Court end rent stabilization?
February 22, 2023 - 12:30 PM
If the Supreme Court were to hear any of the five lawsuits, it is possible that some—or even all—of the protections that rent-stabilized tenants have to could be threatened. But odds are that the court will not choose to weigh in on these cases at all.
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Ask Sam: I saw my apartment on a listing site, but I haven’t received any notice from my landlord. Is that legal?
February 8, 2023 - 12:30 PM
Your landlord is legally required to give you a certain amount of notice about whether or not he’s renewing your lease, based on how long you’ve lived in the apartment, says attorney Sam Himmelstein.
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Ask Sam: A restaurant is moving into my building and taking over a backyard used by tenants. What can we do?
January 25, 2023 - 09:30 AM
Tenant attorney Sam Himmelstein has advice for renters living in a building where a restaurant is moving in and taking over an outdoor space that the tenants had access to.
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Ask Sam: Can I use my rent-stabilized apartment as an Airbnb?
January 11, 2023 - 09:30 AM
NYC's new short-term rental law makes it easier for your landlord to find out if you're renting or subletting your apartment on Airbnb, says tenant attorney Sam Himmelstein.
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