V. L. Hendrickson

New Yorkers have problems: cramped kitchens, tiny bathrooms, and nowhere to leave the keys are just a few of them. When the folks atNew York Magazine asked four industrial designers to point out their favorite recent innovations, they unearthed some clever solutions to these very problems....

• Illegal subletters beware: This cop's got a new beat (NYPost)
• New report says rent is especially damn high in Tribeca and W.

• An open house where everything is for sale (The Real Deal)
• ...or where everything is fake (NY Daily News; 

What's the next best thing to having your apartment all to yourself?  Having an invisible roommate who splits the cost but is never around when you are, of course.

Case in point: David Pollack, who teaches college math up in Connecticut, has been sharing his Hell's Kitchen one-bedroom with “invisible roommates” since 2009.  He's there weekends, school breaks, and during the summer.  On the remaining Sundays through Thursdays, a Chicago lawyer occupies the apartment.