Zombie Renovations Are Coming

A daily mix of stories about cities, city life, and our always evolving neighborhoods and skylines. [Curbed]( MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 18 THE RENT IS TOO DAMN HIGH [Zombie Renovations Are Coming]( Landlords are claiming that work completed decades ago is grounds to take a building out of rent regulation. What’s a tenant supposed to do? Photo-Illustration: Curbed; Photos: Clio Chang, 214-218 Prospect Height Tenants Association Juliet Moye’s Prospect Heights two-bedroom feels frozen in time. She moved into the rent-stabilized prewar apartment in 1993, and the tenant before her had been there for 30 years: The bathroom is stained from decades of intermittent leaks, there are cracks in the ceiling, and the kitchen cabinets are a dated wood laminate. But her rent is $1,300 a month, not even a third of the [median asking price]( for a one-bedroom in the neighborhood, which has made it easier to ignore the fact that the place is old and showing its age. But this familiar form of real-estate détente came to an abrupt end in late July when Moye received a notice in the mail stating that her landlord was applying to deregulate the building because of “significant building-wide” renovations. “It’s crazy,” Moye said. “These buildings are falling apart.” And wouldn’t she have noticed a renovation, anyway? She lived there. [Continue reading »]( Want more on city life, real estate, and design? [Subscribe now]( to save over 60 percent on unlimited access to Curbed and everything New York. [Learn more about RevenueStripe...]( The Latest [Bye, Bouclé Resale sites are flooded with bubbly, fuzzy couches and chairs. Are we experiencing textural fatigue?]( By Mia Mercado [The Best Cake Shops in New York Cake shops for any celebration.]( By Emma Wartzman [A Classic West End Avenue Apartment That Became an Art Archive Fifty-eight years ago, the photographer Joel Meyerowitz rented an apartment to raise his family. It found other uses.]( By Adriane Quinlan [Learn more about RevenueStripe...]( [Read More From Curbed]( Introducing The City Desk, a weekly newsletter about New York. [Sign up to get it every Thursday](. [GET THE NEWSLETTER]( [logo]( [facebook logo]( [instagram logo]( [twitter logo]( [unsubscribe]( | [privacy notice]( | [update preferences]( This email was sent to {EMAIL}. Was this email forwarded to you? [Sign up now]( to get this newsletter in your inbox. [View this email in your browser.]( You received this email because you have a subscription to New York. Reach the right online audience with us For advertising information on email newsletters, please contact AdOps@nymag.com Vox Media, LLC 1201 Connecticut Ave. NW, 12th Floor Washington, DC 20036 Copyright © 2023, All rights reserved