New York City Rent

New York Property Taxes Unfair To Renters, New Evidence Shows

Ben Hallman | Posted 05.08.2012

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New Yorkers don't agree on much, but the 68 percent of us who rent our homes or apartments can usually find common cause on at least one issue: The rent we pay each month, as one perennial political candidate often says, is too damn high.

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'Don't Trust The B In Apartment 23' And 'Girls' Make Me Realize My Life Is A TV Cliché

Alexandra Gekas | Posted 04.13.2012

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Young post-college women come to New York City to live the "dream," only to find out it's more of a pizza-and-scuzzy-guy-filled nightmare of long subway rides to low-paying (or no-paying) jobs.

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Little Things Done Every Day Produce Extraordinary Results

Toni Haber | Posted 05.27.2012

Read More: New York Real Estate, Renting Apartments, Finding an Apartment, Real Estate Advice, Real Estate, New York City Rent, Buying Apartments, NY Real Estate, New York News

Rising rents, low mortgage rates and bolstered consumer confidence in our fragile, yet seemingly slowly recovering economy has created a perfect storm of buyer enthusiasm. So, how do you find the perfect apartment?

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Rents Fell Last Year, But In Many Cities Still 'Too Damn High'

The Huffington Post | Catherine New | Posted 02.09.2012

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Rents fell across the United States last year, but landlords got choosier. Overall average rent in the U.S. dropped to $820 in the fourth quarter ...

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Landlord Raising Rent On 90-Square Foot Apartment

Posted 01.31.2012

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It's been a little while since we last checked in on writer Felice Cohen and her adventures living in her 90-square foot apartment on the Upper West S...

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Manhattan Is Getting Even More Expensive

Posted 01.12.2012

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After years of falling prices, the average rent of a Manhattan apartment rose to $3,309 last year, just one dollar shy of the pre-recession record set...

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NYC Landlord To Supreme Court: The Rent Is Too Damn Low

HuffingtonPost.com | Mike Sacks | Posted 12.09.2011

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WASHINGTON -- A New York City landlord has taken his fight against the city's rent control laws up to the Supreme Court, where at least one justice ap...

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Fewer People Going It Alone In Manhattan

AP | By MIKE SCHNEIDER and VERENA DOBNIK | Posted 11.06.2011

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NEW YORK -- Nowhere else is living alone celebrated the way it is in Manhattan, where solo dwelling has been exulted in pop culture from "Seinfeld" to...

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Albany Stalemate: NYC Rent Laws Set To Expire Tonight

Posted 08.15.2011

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New York City rent laws are set to expire at midnight tonight as Democrats in Albany push to strengthen rent regulations and Republicans seek to simpl...

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NYC Prices Up By 14% Since Last Year

nypost.com | ISABEL VINCENT and MELISSA KLEIN | Posted 07.02.2011

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The price is not right. In addition to skyrocketing rent and gas prices, New Yorkers are being nickel and dimed to death, shelling out 21 cents mor...

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Average Manhattan Apartment Rents Jumped 8% Last Year

Crain's New York Business | Posted 05.25.2011

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The Manhattan residential rental market managed to weather the cold in February, according to a report released Tuesday. Rents rose an average 8% l...

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Landlords With Tax-Breaks Can't Charge Luxury Rates: Court Ruling

nydailynews.com | Larry Mcshane | Posted 05.25.2011

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In a ruling that could affect 350,000 city tenants, the state's top court said Thursday that landlords getting tax breaks can't charge luxury rates fo...

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New York City Continues to Turn Into Cleveland; News from the Center for an Urban Future

Adam Hanft | Posted 05.25.2011

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Despite the "sour economic climate" in New York City, what's happened is that "dozens of chain stores actually have expanded their footprint in the five boroughs over the past year."

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