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  • Rentals
    building at 103 East 86th Street
    Updated over 17 years ago
    I'm a resident of a B-line apartment. Happy with the place, want to stay but wondering how much negotiation room we have to get the rent down when our lease comes up...
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    Paramount Building
    Updated over 17 years ago
    I went to a house party last night at the Paramount Building on east 39th street. a glenwood property. For the location, it was a ridiculously nice building, with one...
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    Effects of government rent subsidies
    Updated over 17 years ago
    Great article on the destructive effects of the government subsidizing apartments for poor people. This is why so many people, even in NYC, are opposed to the...
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    Buildings with nice gyms
    Updated over 17 years ago
    My current building has a small workout room, but since I work out a lot and am tired to walking to the gym, I'm interested in moving to a building with a really nice...
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    814 Tenth Avenue, Arson fire
    Updated over 17 years ago
    An arsonist set fire to this building in Oct. '08 gutting the basement. (Actually, three separate fires were set, according to the official fire marshall report...
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    Tenant couple asks for rent reduction AFTER they signed a 1yr lease in Sept
    Updated over 17 years ago
    Husband just got laid off and wife still has a job. I'm not sure how to handle this situation. The economy's impacted everyone including my wife and me. Am I...
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    building at 41 West 71st Street
    Updated over 17 years ago
    KEEP AWAY as a renter!!! The landlord is a slum landlord, and you do not want to live here. The super does not keep the building in repair, the landlord knows...
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