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  1. the business of brokering
    Good-bye to the Broker FeeThe City Council voted today to stop your landlord from passing his expenses on to you.
  2. landlords
    Everything We Know About the Federal Lawsuit Against RealPageThe company is accused of running a nationwide “scheme with landlords to break the law.”
  3. landlords and tenants
    Trouble at the Rent Guidelines BoardOwner member Christina Smyth is getting sued for alleged harassment of Section 8 tenants.
  4. the business of brokering
    Brokers Are Ready to Fight for Their FeesAn army of Douglas Elliman and Corcoran agents turned out to oppose Chi Ossé’s broker-fee reforms: “We don’t just open doors.”
  5. rent fight
    Vito Acconci, in his stuido space in Dumbo section of Brooklyn
    How a Landlord Ended Up With the Archive of Vito Acconci“I would describe it as a premeditated short-selling scheme,” says Acconci’s widow.
  6. housing
    Is It Squatter Season in New York?How a handful of alarming stories turned into a full-blown panic.
  7. bad landlords
    Slumlord
    What Happens After Your Landlord Is Arrested?As Daniel Ohebshalom begins a 60-day sentence at Rikers, his tenants are about to find out.
  8. affordable housing
    The Eco-Yogi Slumlord House Is For SaleBut you’ll have to win the city’s notoriously dysfunctional housing lottery first.
  9. housing
    My New Apartment’s Most Aggravating FeatureNew York homes come with standard headaches. This might be the dumbest one yet.
  10. housing
    The Landlords Are MergingTwo organizations representing owners of rent-stabilized buildings across the city may be teaming up because one of them is going broke.
  11. the royals
    Landlord King Charles Has Shady MethodsHe’s been secretly upgrading his portfolio with money from his dead subjects.
  12. housing
    Rent Stabilization Isn’t Going to the Supreme Court This TimeThe justices declined to hear a case against rent regulation brought by New York landlord groups. But there will be others.
  13. the business of brokering
    I Didn’t Know My Broker Was a BotRenters hoping to meet Brook E. and Emily O. at that Greenpoint open house will be sorely disappointed.
  14. the rent is too damn high
    Zombie Renovations Are ComingLandlords are claiming that work completed decades ago is grounds to take a building out of rent regulation. What’s a tenant supposed to do?
  15. please be advised
    Ask an Airbnb Host If You Can Rent Their ApartmentWith a little convincing, that soon-to-be de-listed garden unit could be yours.
  16. housing
    Airbnb Hosts Are Feeling AbandonedAs the city prepares to crack down on short-term rentals, the hosts say the company is out of its depth.
  17. the rent is too damn high
    Are the Landlords Bluffing?They say thousands of rent stabilized apartments are too cheap and too far gone to rent. You’ll just have to take their word for it.
  18. lawsuits
    A Deceased Tenant; a ‘Strong, Foul Smell’; and a Police PadlockA New York City nightmare, as seen in one lawsuit.
  19. the rent is too damn high
    The Rent-Stabilization Board Is Proposing What Exactly?Demystifying that 15.75 percent.
  20. housing
    Your Landlord Might Be a BabyParents are buying investment properties for their infants.
  21. psst it’s expensive real estate
    All of Real-Estate Mogul Taylor Swift’s Homes, RankedShe’s been through so many housing eras.
  22. landlords and tenants
    The Brooklyn Democratic Party Is Being Sued by Its LandlordOver a broken lease and $82,000 in back rent.
  23. tenants
    What If We Made It Easier for Renters to Buy Their Buildings?A new bill in Albany, the Tenant Opportunity to Purchase Act, would give them time and funding to be the first in line.
  24. the rent is too damn high
    Is Anyone Tipping Their Landlord?Probably not. And yet people keep asking!
  25. landlords and tenants
    California Has a Brand-new, Very Tiny Renters’ CaucusTalking to the chair of the four-member group about skyrocketing costs, landlord colleagues, and what he pays for a one-bedroom.
  26. curbed glossary
    The Helicopter Landlord Lives DownstairsAnd wonders if the guy who was over last night is your new boyfriend or just a friend.
  27. street fights
    Tenants Prevail Over ScaffoldingThanks, in part, to 79 tweets.
  28. housing
    Landlords Are Trying to Make ‘Tenantsplaining’ a ThingOur housing providers are having a little fun.
  29. operators
    The Small, Litigious New York Real-Estate Dynasty You’ve Never Heard OfSuing your own mother for being a “slumlord” is just the tip of the iceberg.
  30. the rent is too damn high
    Rent-Stabilized Apartments Are About to Get More ExpensiveThe Rent Guidelines Board voted, tenants booed, landlords cleaned up.
  31. semantics
    The Landlords Embarrassed to Be Called Landlords“I cringe when I hear it, and when I say it.”
  32. housing
    Landlords Can Now Screen Your Pet’s ‘Credit Score’And charge you accordingly.
  33. housing
    Housing Court Is BreakingWatching the quiet chaos unfold in a Queens courtroom.
  34. housing
    Congratulations, Jason Korn! You’re No Longer the City’s Worst LandlordBut the apartments are still pretty terrible.
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