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Meadow Partners Picks Up Two East Village Apartment Buildings
Meadow Partners, a private real estate investment firm, purchased two rental apartment buildings in Manhattan’s East Village. The transaction, which came out at a...
NYC Could Ban Tenant Criminal Background Checks, With Few Exceptions
City To Follow In Other Cities' Footsteps With Fair Chance For Housing Act
The New York City Council is actively considering passing a law that...
Five Things Your Landlord Might Be Doing That Aren’t Legal
Landlords are notorious for doing things that they should be doing (or not doing). From strange instances to downright unlivable conditions, you are not...
The Life and Times of the Windermere in Hell’s Kitchen
When Hell’s Kitchen was met with an attempted renaming to “Clinton,” in the 1950's, locals hoped to clean up the area’s reputation. But just...
The Crown Heights ‘Deed Theft’ Web Continues To Weave
The Robinson-Torain family had gained support from city leaders and access to an attorney by referral from former Attorney General, Letitia James. Recently, The...
Tenacious Tenants Hit the Jackpot in Port Morris, the Bronx
Residents of a 21-unit apartment building in Port Morris, the Bronx, definitely must feel like they hit the jackpot. Their problems started with a...
What is ERAP and How Does it Work?
ERAP is not a new form of rap you buy online. (Get it? e-rap?) All kidding aside, if you're one of the hundreds of...
What Would a Doorman Strike Mean for New Yorkers?
Last week, New York City’s Local 32BJ of the Service Employees International Union narrowly avoided a strike that would have left upwards of 3,000...
The Crown Heights Deed Theft Debacle Continues
You may remember this story from February's headlines concerning the Robinson-Torain family in Crown Heights, but we hate to leave a story hanging, and...
When Can Landlords Legally Turn Off the Heat?
As temperatures rise, skies clear, and the city settles into the full flush of April, New Yorkers start throwing open their windows to breathe...