May 17th 2013 3:00PM
Tenants of a New York City apartment complex are fuming after its owner raised their rents -- some by more than $1,000 a month -- in the middle of their leases, WABC-TV in New York reported. Residents of the Stuyvesant Town-Peter Cooper Village complex on the east side of Manhattan got the surprise rent hikes when... Continue Reading »
May 10th 2013 12:16PM
A woman meets an elderly man, moves in with him, and inherits his rent-controlled New York apartment -- except 62-year-old Pamela Becker was not 85-year-old Nicholas DeTommaso's wife or lover. Just weeks before DeTommaso died, he adopted Becker -- as his daughter. According to the New York Post, DeTommaso (pictured with... Continue Reading »
Apr 23rd 2012 5:35PM
The U. S. Supreme Court on Monday refused to hear an appeal contending that New York City's rent control laws are unconstitutional. James and Jeanne Harmon, who own a five-story brownstone building on Manhattan's Upper West Side (pictured at left), had their case rejected by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit in... Continue Reading »
Aug 4th 2011 3:05PM
Never mind the fact that Oscar-winning actress Faye Dunaway is in a legal dispute with her New York landlord -- the real scoop is that a celebrity of her caliber was paying peanuts for a one-bedroom walk-up on the Upper East Side. The New York Times reported that the 70-year-old star, who made a name for herself in such... Continue Reading »
Mar 17th 2011 9:51AM
Perhaps you've visited a friend's apartment and looked around thinking, "I had no idea Insert-Friend's-Name was a bazillionaire!" But there, in a to-die-for two bedroom in the best neighborhood in one of the most expensive cities in America, how could you think anything less? That is, until they utter the words, "It's rent... Continue Reading »
