Nikki M. Mascali

Also, brokers spill the beans on their most extreme client requests.

If you've been forced out of your apartment in NYC because of a fire or flood, finding a new apartment—while you are dealing with the shock and loss—is very difficult. Here are some tips to make your search a little easier.

Plus, a bill aims to prevent residential landlords from using facial recognition software.

One way a rent-stabilized tenant's rent can increase is via a major capital improvement, which is an upgrade that benefits all tenants in a building. After doing some digging following her most recent MCI increase, one rent-stabilized New Yorker discovered some work didn't meet that requirement. She successfully fought the increase—and got it slashed by more than $159,000.

Plus, city high schoolers try their hand at urban planning.

Listed for $2,850, 217 East 4th St., #3A, is priced slightly above the median for the East Village. The one-bedroom was recently updated and has a nice-sized loft space above the kitchen.