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Rat Crisis Continues As NYC Ranked Among Nation's Most Infested
The city failed to improve on its ranking from last year.

The city failed to improve on its ranking from last year.

The city’s “worst evictors” kicked out nearly 2,200 tenants in 2018. Is your landlord one of them?

Today, the de Blasio Administration launched a campaign to educate tenants on their new rights...
A new state law forces landlords to give tenants at least 30 days' notice when they decide not to renew a lease.
It can take more than three decades to save up for a single-family home in the BIg Apple, a recent report says.
And we've got photos to prove it, so you might not want to read this one at work.
New Yorkers can pay over 200 percent more to live near some subway stops, a new study shows. Here's which stations have the biggest markups.
Median home prices have broken the million-dollar mark in six nabes over the past five years, a new report says. Here's where they are.
A quarter of all NYC condos built since 2013 have not been sold, leaving many expensive homes empty, a new StreetEasy report says.
Hundreds of people are moving out of the city every single day.
Three Manhattan buildings and a property manager involved in a scheme to rent units out on Airbnb will pay the city $1 million.
Two outer-borough neighborhoods are leading the Big Apple in apartment construction, a new report shows.
Rich renters have a big range of options in the five boroughs, from a $7,300 Queens apartment to an entire floor of a hotel, a report says.
New Yorkers applying for affordable apartments now have the choice to avoid credit checks.
New Yorkers can now submit proof they pay rent instead of a credit check to try their luck in the city's affordable housing lottery.
The mayor's affordable housing intiative is building "a glut of high-rent units," leaving few for NYers who need them most, advocates say.
Prices for one-bedroom apartments rose the sharpest in three outer-borough neighborhoods this spring, according to figures from Zumper.
The housing authority spent millions of taxpayer dollars on roof fixes that should have been done for free, a new audit found.
The typical home in Manhattan's newest neighborhood sold for more than $3.8 million this spring, a new report says.
Finding a cheap apartment near a top-rated school seems impossible. Not so, a recent report shows.
The City Planning Commission will hear testimony Wednesday on the four new jails. The plans depend on the panel's approval to move forward.
Only six big cities are worse than the Big Apple for first-time home buyers, a new WalletHub ranking says.
Rent-stabilized tenants could see their rents rise as much as 2.5 percent starting this fall under guidelines approved Tuesday.
Photographer Thomas Slatin discusses the Westholm Hotel and how photographs of properties help to preserve history.
More than half the apartments in six Manhattan neighborhoods are "pet friendly," a new report shows. Here's where they are.
Gregory Russ, the head of a far smaller public housing system in Minneapolis, will be the New York City Housing Authority's next leader.
The apartment market changes withn the seasons — and the competition is hottest at the height of summer, a StreetEasy analysis shows.
The governor signed the tenant-friendly changes into law just a day before the current regulations were set to expire.
The Big Apple is home to 14 of the 20 U.S. ZIP codes with the biggest baby boomer populations. Here's where they are.
The city is trying to have tenants sign new leases that only list one official occupant.
Students at two Manhattan universities face the nation's highest off-campus housing prices, according to a recent report.
Brooklyn is home to 4 of the 5 subway stops where nearby apartments have seen the biggest rent increases. Here's where they are.
Evictions force thousands of NYers to move each year and thousands more leave because they can't afford their homes, new research shows.
Retirees are fleeing NYC faster than any other metro, according to a recent report.
Brooklyn and Queens are home to eight of the 10 best neighborhoods for first-time home-buyers, a new report shows.
The rule would strip public housing subsidies from families who are not all U.S. citizens. It could affect about 3,000 New York households.
Deals can be found in a handful of neighborhoods even though NYC has the nation's second-priciest rents, a recent report shows.
The Rent Guidelines Board may allow landlords to increase rents as much as 3.75% under a proposal approved Tuesday.
Dozens of homes are being marked down in some of Manhattan's toniest neighborhoods, a new report shows.
Small landlords say they would have a tougher time maintaining their buildings if state lawmakers limit rent increases.