Teri Karush Rogers
Founder and publisher Teri Karush Rogers launched Brick Underground in 2009. As a freelance journalist, she had previously covered New York City real estate for The New York Times. Teri has been featured as an expert on New York City residential real estate by The New York Times, New York Daily News, amNew York, NBC Nightly News, The Real Deal, Business Insider, the Huffington Post, and NY1 News, among others. Teri earned a BA in journalism and a law degree from New York University. During law school she realized she would rather explain things than argue about them, so she returned to service journalism after graduation.
Posts by Teri Karush Rogers:
Q. I have been living as a rent controlled tenant in a 100-unit building on the Upper West Side that went condo in a non-eviction plan last year. A gym and children's playroom were added.
There has been discussions that the rental tenants will not be given access to the gym. Note that the condo owners do NOT pay any additional fees for gym access.
Is this legal?
A. Yes and maybe, say our experts.
Q. I'm pregnant with twins and determined that the next apartment I buy will have a washer-dryer. Some of the co-op apartments we have looked at so far say that washer-dryers are permitted with board approval.
What are the factors that go into that, and can we get 'pre approved' for a washer-dryer?
As taxi-hailing New Yorkers, we were fascinated by The Everything Guide to Taxis in this week's NY Magazine. (Warning: Do not read How Gross is Your Taxi unless you plan to travel with Purell for the rest of your life.).
Q. One of the three storage areas in my co-op's basement was recently burglarized in the middle of the night. Altogether about $15,000 worth of stuff was stolen. The police said that the guy entered through a side door that was supposed to be kept locked by our super but apparently wasn't.
Shouldn't the co-op reimburse residents for their losses since the burglary was the super's fault?
A. Probably not, say our experts, but that doesn't mean you're totally out of luck.
New York City landlords are among the choosiest of their kind. If you don't meet their requirements, you will likely be required to find a deep-pocketed and local guarantor--two hoops through which many renters can't jump.
