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Market Intelligence
The Co-Buying Trend: How New Yorkers Are Buying Apartments Together
With high borrowing costs, more New Yorkers buy with partners, friends, or relatives — 56% of 2025 buyers planned a co-buyer. What to know first.
Know Your Rights
What Is an MCI Rent Increase — and Can You Fight It?
An MCI is a rent hike for a building-wide capital improvement — a new roof, boiler, or elevator. What qualifies, the limits, and how to challenge one.
Market Intelligence
Is 2026 a Buyer's or Seller's Market in NYC? What the Data Says
Is 2026 a buyer’s or seller’s market in NYC? Less about price corrections, more about competition for well-priced homes. What the data says.
Market Intelligence
Rental Inventory Is Surging in NYC. What That Means If You're Looking
More apartments are hitting the NYC market than any time since 2022 — 35,000+ newly listed Jan–Oct 2025. What the surge means and how to use it.
Market Intelligence
Manhattan's Luxury Market Keeps Surging. The Numbers Behind It
Predictions that Manhattan’s luxury market would collapse after the 2025 election haven’t materialized. High-end sales stay strong in 2026. The data.
Development
NYC Office-to-Residential Conversions Are Doubling in 2026. Here's What's Driving It
NYC developers are on track to start 9.5 million sq ft of office-to-residential conversions in 2026 — more than double last year. Why it’s happening now.
Housing Policy
What Is the 467-m Tax Break — and Why It's Reshaping NYC Housing
The 467-m tax break is driving NYC’s biggest wave of office-to-housing conversions, with affordable units required. How it works and its deadline.
Neighborhood News
NYC's First City-Owned Grocery Store Is Coming to the South Bronx. Here's What We Know
NYC’s first city-owned grocery store is coming to Hunts Point, inside The Peninsula’s 740-unit affordable development. What’s planned and when it opens.
Quality of Life
Your Building's Scaffolding Has Been Up for Years. The City Wants It Down
NYC has more than 8,500 sidewalk sheds — some up over five years. A renewed push aims to tear them down. What is happening and what tenants can do.
Know Your Rights
New Flood Disclosure Law: What Your Landlord Must Tell You Before You Sign
NY law (§231-B) now requires landlords to disclose a rental’s flood risk and history in the lease. What you’re entitled to know before you sign.
Housing Policy
Can You Legalize Your Basement Apartment in NYC? The 15-Neighborhood Pilot Explained
NYC can legalize some illegal basement and cellar apartments — but only in 15 neighborhoods, with heavy limits. Who qualifies and who is left out.
Housing Access
You Can Now Apply for Affordable Apartments Without the Lottery. Here's How
Since 2025 some vacant NYC affordable apartments can be rented first-come, first-served — no Housing Connect lottery. Which qualify and how to apply.
Act Now
How to Testify Before NYC's June 25 Rent Vote
The Rent Guidelines Board votes on rent increases for one million stabilized apartments on June 25. Here's how to testify at the borough hearings and make your voice count before the vote.
Public Housing
NYCHA Residents: Your Building May Be Moving to a New Owner. Here's What PACT Means
NYCHA is moving thousands of apartments to private management under PACT. Your core protections remain on paper, but results in practice have been mixed.
New Administration
NYC's Mayor's Office to Protect Tenants Is Back. What It Can Do for You
Mayor Mamdani reinstated the Mayor’s Office to Protect Tenants (MOPT) on day one — a coordination body, not a hotline. What it does and how to use it.
Data & Trends
How to Check HPD Violations for Any NYC Building (And What They Mean)
HPD issues violations across 200,000+ NYC properties a year. How to check any building by address, what open violations mean, and how to use them.
Know Your Rights
Your Landlord Can't Retaliate Against You for Complaining. Here's How to Prove It
Under NY law (RPL §223-b) your landlord can’t punish you for a 311 complaint or organizing — the law presumes retaliation for a year. How to prove it.
Know Your Rights
What Is the Warranty of Habitability — and How to Use It Against Your Landlord
Under NY Real Property Law §235-b, every lease guarantees a livable home — heat, no mold, no pests. How to use it against your landlord.
New Law
Do NYC Landlords Have to Provide Air Conditioning? What the New Law Requires
A new NYC law (Int 994) will require landlords to provide a cooling unit on request — but not until 2030. What is in effect now and what is coming.
Know Before You Buy
Can a NYC Co-op Board Reject You? What Boards Can and Can't Do
NYC co-op boards have sweeping power to reject buyers — but real legal limits. What a board can and can’t do, and what to know before you apply.