Landlord

The tactic may be perfectly legal, but it’s adding to anxiety in a season rife with voter intimidation.

Some local governments have moved to stem evictions and foreclosures for everyone, and a few are even freezing rent and mortgage payments entirely.

Jesse’s Deli, a neighborhood store in Brooklyn, is selling its regular items at vastly inflated prices to make a point about the astronomical rent rise that could result in its closure.

Bob Durst and his estranged wife, Debrah Lee Charatan, own a lot of property in Brooklyn. And one of their renters, the owner of a vintage bike shop, says they “tried to crush” his business with rent increases and even eviction efforts over the placement of his bikes.

A family-owned restaurant closes in New York’s West Chelsea. Are our cities in danger of becoming franchise-filled shopping malls?

Leasebreak, a new company, aims to be the bridge between Airbnb and traditional brokers. Could it revolutionize renting in NYC?