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June 22, 2015 Liam Mathews

C. Gershon Co., a Manhattan property management company, is trying to evict Marianne Semiletov, a 73-year-old retired home health aide, from her rent-stabilized Upper East Side apartment by depicting her as a hoarder and a crazy cat lady, the New York Post reports. The landlord sent Semiletov an eviction notice on May 31 accusing her […]

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June 19, 2015 Liam Mathews

The Orbach Group is a real estate investment and management company that owns about 50 buildings near Columbia University. The New York Times reports that it’s yet another shady company, so tenants should be wary of them. The Orbach Group installed metal gates on most of their buildings’ stoops in a clear effort to discourage […]

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February 25, 2015 Prachi Gupta

The rent is too damn high in New York City, and the data confirms it. The New York Times analyzed a survey by the Census Bureau and reported that for the past three years, rent has soared at a rate higher than inflation — with no signs of slowing down. From the Times: In a […]

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January 30, 2015 Rhett Jones

On Thursday, a Brooklyn federal judge ruled against Jimmy McMillan‘s lawsuit that was seeking to stay his ​eviction from an East Village apartment. McMillan, the founder of the Rent Is Too Damn High movement, has been fighting since 2011 to keep his rent controlled residence after receiving an eviction notice. McMillan claimed that his landlord, Lisco Holdings […]

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