landlords

front view of a house in Brooklyn Heights.
The Search
My landlord didn’t countersign my lease and now he's ghosting me. How do I get the apartment?
By Celia Young |January 3, 2024 - 2:30PM
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Roommates + Landlords
What is the tenant blacklist? Can it prevent me from renting in NYC?
By Evelyn Battaglia |December 27, 2023 - 9:30AM
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Roommates + Landlords
Landlord wants to raise your rent? Here are 3 sample emails you can use to negotiate
By Jennifer White Karp |December 26, 2023 - 9:30AM
Residential district in Bushwick, Brooklyn, New York, with the distant view on Freedom Tower in Lower Manhattan.
Affordable Housing
New program offers cash to NYC landlords to renovate vacant rent-regulated apartments

… A new $10 million program will offer New York City landlords up to $25000 to repair vacant rentregulated apartments and rent them to homeless New Yorkers Through the pilot program Unlocking Doors the …

By Celia Young |December 19, 2023 - 4:15PM
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Roommates + Landlords
How do I get my landlord to let me look at security camera footage to identify a package thief?
By Celia Young |December 12, 2023 - 3:00PM
Several skyscraper city apartment buildings viewed through a generic upper east side Manhattan, New York City hotel bedroom window just after dawn sunrise.
Roommates + Landlords
The heat is blasting in my apartment, and it’s making my cats sick and preventing me from sleeping. What can I do?
By Celia Young |November 8, 2023 - 4:30PM
Red brick apartment building in Park Slope in the evening
Roommates + Landlords
My brother’s friend has been squatting at my former apartment and won’t leave now that the lease is up. Am I liable?

… and the occupant Editors Note Realty Bites tackles your NYC rental questions Have a query for our experts Drop us an … apartment which could be more than what you were paying in rent Brasch says  You could also be on the hook for the …

By Celia Young |November 7, 2023 - 12:30PM
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Neighborhood Intel
Cracked sidewalks, potholes, and overgrown trees: How to fix up your block
By Austin Havens-Bowen |November 3, 2023 - 12:30PM