Nikki M. Mascali

By 2021, all residential smoke detectors in NYC must be powered by a 10-year, sealed, non-removable battery or hardwired to a unit’s electrical system.

Also, Queens activists fight back on plans to bring two Targets to Elmhurst and Astoria.

With buyers continuing to camp out in NYC’s rental market, demand and rents are on the rise, which means landlords are relying less on incentives to lure in renters, according to Douglas Elliman’s April 2019 rental market report for Manhattan, Brooklyn, and Queens.

Legally, you can’t do much to prevent a roommate from giving her boyfriend a key to your place. But there are some things you both need to discuss before he gets one.

If you are among the nearly 4,000 property owners being told you’re not in compliance with 421-a tax exemption benefit requirements, you could face a huge increase in your property taxes next year. Here's what you need to do.

Also, advocates call for the mayor's resignation it he doesn't restore funding for NYCHA senior housing.