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FILE - Peter Cooper Village and Stuyvesant Town apartment complex (credit: Mario Tama/Getty Images)

Stuy-Town/Peter Cooper Village Tenants, Lawmakers Protest Mid-Lease Rent Increases

Residents said they were told that their rents will be going up on June 1, with rent increases ranging anywhere from $100 to over $900 a month.

2013/05/15

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If Preliminary Vote Is Any Indication, Rent Hikes Coming To NYC Apartments

A preliminary decision was issued Tuesday for raising the rents on rent-stabilized apartments in New York City.

2013/04/30

Actors George Akram, Karen Olivo, Matt Cavenaugh, Josefina Scaglione and Cody Green take to the stage for the curtain call at the opening night of 'West Side Story' on Broadway at the Palace Theatre on March 19, 2009 in New York City. (Photo by Neilson Barnard/Getty Images)

The Best Musicals That Have Been Made Into Movies

Ever since “Chicago” won the Best Picture Oscar in 2003, Hollywood seems to be going back to Broadway for its material, like it did back in the ’50s and ’60s.

2013/04/22

Shopping Along Fifth Avenue (file/credit: Michael Nagle/Getty Images)

Fifth Avenue No Longer The World’s Top Retail Address

It’s the first time in 11 years that the strip from 49th to 59th streets has been booted from the top of the list commanding the highest retail rents worldwide, according to a report by real estate firm Cushman & Wakefield Inc.

2012/11/15

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Expert: 5 Common Money Mistakes — And How To Fix Them

Carmen Wong Ulrich, finance expert and author of “The Real Cost of Living,” sat down with TV-55’s John Elliott and Lisa Kerney to answer the 5 big questions people have about money

2012/08/16

Margaret Maugenest (credit: CBS 2)

Woman Lives In Spacious Brooklyn Loft Rent-Free For Past Six Years

How would you like to not pay your rent, year after year, and get away with it? A Brooklyn woman has done just that for the past six years.

2012/06/08

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NYC Lawmakers To Discuss New HIV/AIDS Housing Help Policy

People sickened with HIV or AIDS and seeking help from New York City to pay their rent could become ineligible for housing assistance if they refuse to go into substance abuse treatment.

2012/02/08

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Pros And Cons Of Buying Versus Renting Tools

Some highly rated experts weigh in on the debate.

2012/01/26

Foreclosure - File / Photo: ROBYN BECK/AFP/Getty Images

Eviction Companies Thrive In Sour Economy

Hardest-hit are ethnic urban neighborhoods, where about twice as many renters are forced to leave as in the general population, according to housing experts.

2012/01/08

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Rabbi Leib Glanz, Brother Charged With Rent Fraud In NYC

Prosecutors said Menashe Glanz filed false documents to get subsidies for an apartment that his brother lived in.

2011/09/15

FILE - In this Oct. 28, 2010 file photo, Jimmy McMillan appears on the "Imus in the Morning" program in New York. (credit: AP Photo/Richard Drew, File)

Jimmy McMillan, ‘Rent Is Too Damn High’ Candidate, Faces Eviction

Jimmy McMillan, the man who ran for New York governor because “the rent is too damn high,” claims he’s being kicked out of his rent-controlled Manhattan apartment so his landlord can charge a new tenant more money.

2011/08/05

Chelsea homeless shelter

NYC To Pay June Rent For Thousands Of Formerly Homeless

New York City said that it will obey a court decision and pay the June rent for more than 13,000 families who moved out of homeless shelters.
An appeals court ruled the city must continue paying rental subsidies through the Advantage program.

2011/06/03

Handcuffs - File Photo

Father And Son Charged With Rent Money Scam On LI

Nassau County Police Sgt. Dennis Ude says the the pair posted a phony ad on Craigslist for a house in Long beach for rent.

2010/11/24

Generic Wind Turbine Photo (credit: CBS 2)

A.C. Hosts Signing Of Wind Farm Lease

The lease signed Wednesday will cost Cape Wind Associates LLC $88,278 in annual rent prior to production, and a 2 to 7 percent operating fee during production.

2010/10/06

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