tenants' rights

Historic brick facades of NYC apartment buildings

Affordable Housing

Getting overcharged by a landlord? Here’s how the Tenant Protection Unit helps rent-stabilized tenants

By Celia Young |April 3, 2025 - 10:30AM

Tenants of 438 and 440 West 45th Street gathered on the stoop of the apartment building at 438.

Non-Traditional Buyers

Hell’s Kitchen tenants rally for a chance to buy their distressed buildings

By Celia Young |April 1, 2025 - 12:30PM

Neighborhood Intel

Whitney Tilson wants to speed up development and make it easier for small landlords to evict non-paying tenants

… housing if he were to become NYCs next mayor Editors note Brick Underground is interviewing the 2025 New York … Whitney Tilsons answers … Local Law 97 … Do you think fines should be delayed or enforced for buildings not in … strategies available because theres no magical bullet The existing housing stock is declining and the 2019 Housing …

By Celia Young |March 31, 2025 - 9:30AM

Residential towers on the Upper East Side of Manhattan

Roommates + Landlords

I’ve sublet a rent-stabilized apartment in NYC for five years. How do I take it over?

By Celia Young |March 12, 2025 - 10:30AM

Unionized workers rallied outside of Legal Services NYC’s Manhattan office at 40 Worth St. in February amid contract negotiations. Signs read "Fair Contract Now!!"

Neighborhood Intel

Tenant attorneys and legal service workers secure contract, avoid strike

By Celia Young |March 11, 2025 - 2:30PM

small dog in the window of New York Brownstone

Troubleshooting

I have an emotional support animal. How do I get my new landlord to let me keep it?

… … No matter what your New York City housing situation is landlords and condo and … qualified person to write an ESA letter on your behalf In New York doctors health care professionals and even social … … I have an emotional support animal How do I get my new landlord to let me keep it … Live … Troubleshooting … …

By Celia Young |February 12, 2025 - 9:45AM