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If your lease specifies certain amenities-which leases rarely do-then failure to provide them is a breach of contract, and tenants would be entitled to a reduction in their rent, says attorney Altagracia Outerbridge.

Designed in the Renaissance Revival style by esteemed architect John H. Duncan, 19 West 76th St. was 25 feet wide and rose four stories above a high English basement.

If you're a luxury buyer in NYC, an acoustic assessment prior to closing can help you identify quality-of-life noise problems.

Every Brooklyn move eventually comes down to one nervous question asked at the bottom of a stoop: is that going to fit? Brownstone staircases turn like corkscrews, prewar doorways were built for smaller furniture, and walk-up landings leave no room to piv

A class-action lawsuit claims that the monopoly Compass holds over the rental market in Manhattan has driven up rents and lowered the number of available apartments.

Many people who happily spend most of their time in the suburbs or out of state choose to buy pieds-à-terre in NYC. These secondary, part-time homes show that a little city living beats none. That said, pied-à-terre buyers should consider plenty before ta

When my 90-year-old neighbor moved to assisted living following a bad fall, I was asked to declutter the property she had lived in since childhood. Here's how I did it.

In 1888, Mary J. Coar hired architect Edward L. Angell to design five upscale rowhouses on West 74th Street between Eighth and Ninth avenues (renamed Columbus and Amsterdam in 1890).

Using AI instead of getting legal advice from housing court lawyer is only something you should consider as a last resort.

When an increasingly pricier ground lease at their Upper East Side condop began to raise monthly costs and undermine property prices, shareholders at The Azure decided to renegotiate it.