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Flexible co-working facility The Square replaces former WeWork floors
WeWork’s former floors at Hines’ 205 Hudson St. will survive as co-working space, but under a different business model and with some redesigned sections. Hines, which owns the boutique office...
Once again, the NYC Rent Board hurts landlords — and tenants in the long term
New York City's housing stock is set to grow even more distressed after the Rent Guidelines Board just voted yet again to limit increases for a million rent-stabilized apartments to...
With NYC's affordable housing in crisis, rents must rise to keep buildings from going under
Tenants and owners in every neighborhood of New York City are suffering the effects of years of economically damaging housing policies and underfunded rent increases. That’s why there’s so much...
Chi Ossé's brokers' fee bill will make the NYC housing market worse
Rent costs in Manhattan, Queens and Brooklyn are at record highs, but progressive City Councilman Chi Ossé is looking to raise rents in the Big Apple even more.
I used to work for the Queen — now I live in a bug-infested home that reeks of urine
Ex Royal clerk Hazel Speed, 73, has been reduced to washing from a bucket after a leak from a botched toilet repair left her London home “uninhabitable”.
Flash Shelton 'building an army' across the US to tackle squatters invading people's homes
"We are going anywhere and everywhere to take care of these squatters," Shelton said, adding he has recieved "hundreds" of applicants to join his squad.
OnlyFans model with three homes says it’s ‘understandable’ for landlords to raise rent
A young landlord who owns multiple properties has revealed why she thinks it is totally “understandable” for landlords to raise their rents.
Relative of NYC's 'worst landlord' called 'heartless and inhumane' by harried tenants in his own building
Residents of 515 Cathedral Parkway on the Upper West Side say their landlord, Fred Ohebshalom, harasses rent stabilized tenants until they leave.
Dad with stage 4 cancer struggling to evict alleged Park Slope squatter, pay for home on top of medical bills
Thomas Wooding is battling stage 4 cancer while trying to evict a tenant he claims stopped paying rent last summer.
Hochul, legislative leaders come to initial agreement on landmark housing deal
Gov. Kathy Hochul and top state lawmakers struck a housing deal Friday, clearing a major hurdle for state budget negotiations that have dragged on nearly two weeks past deadline, sources...
NYC owner of $1.1M house torched by squatters says they keep coming back and 'have more rights' than landlords
Zafar Iqbal said he's done everything he can to fix up his Brooklyn home after it was burned out -- but can't even get close to the house because of...
NYC squatters are cashing in on legal loopholes and crowded courts to take over homes — and good luck getting them out: experts
A backlog of housing court cases and tweaks to the law have made it easier for illegal squatters to take over private homes in the five boroughs -- and harder...
New York City is a squatter's paradise: Letters to the Editor — April 6, 2024
The Issue: Migrants arrested on gun charges being released without bail highlights the city’s squatting crisis. Releasing these defendants without bail is a case study on the erosion of our...
Even a tweaked 'Good Cause' rent-control bill will clobber NY housing
Everyone agrees New York’s housing market is broken, yet lawmakers are intent on breaking it more — via the deceptively named “Good Cause Eviction” bill they aim to pass as...
NYC couple sued by squatters who allegedly took over their $930K home and won't leave: 'Absolutely absurd'
"Somebody broke into my house, and I'm in court getting sued by them. How can we be here? How is this possible?" said Queens homeowner Denis Kurlyand.
Landlords who housed Harry Winston, Versace sue NYC over inflated property taxes after big-name retailers moved out
Prominent real estate dealmakers agreed with the landlords’ predicament – and said the city was unfairly attempting to squeeze more money from them.
Mike Lindell's MyPillow evicted from warehouse after failing to pay $200K in rent
Lindell, who was once a multi-millionaire, says that he now has just $10,000 to his name.
Proof that Albany's 'pro-tenant' reforms are killing NYC housing
Building owners warned that Albany’s draconian 2019 rent-law changes meant to "protect" tenants would actually prove disastrous to them, as well as to landlords, and new data show how right...
NYC lobbyists racked up nearly $131 million last year promoting casinos, soccer stadium, real estate
The push to open casinos in New York City has generated a windfall for New York lobbyists, who've been hired by gaming interests to woo support from Mayor Eric Adams...
Owner of iconic NYC dive bar Lucy's reflects on 4 decades of East Village nightlife: Rolling Stones, U2 and skinheads
The iconic night spot is in danger of closing its doors forever after nearly 40 years of slinging suds to locals and world-famous musicians alike.