Beautiful Quote by Amanda Warren

“Landlords in New York are generally the scum of the earth. They're beneficiaries of the worst kind of nepotism, eating off the good business…

— Eddie Huang

This is kind of a uniquely New York experience, but when you can't afford an apartment nicer than the place you're renting, there's something…

— Robert Sean Leonard

When you're 22, 23, living in New York, you're just scrambling to live on people's couches and in rooms that you're sure you're not…

— Stephanie Beatriz

New Yorkers are predatory about real estate. When they sense softening, they move in for the kill.

— Anderson Cooper

I'm in my apartment in trendy Tribeca. I've been down here for 37 years, from before it was a fashionable neighbourhood. It's a wonderful…

— Mark Margolis

Rent-stabilized tenants face harassment. They face illegal evictions. They're confronted with ceaseless 'buy-out' offers that promise a quick buck if they give up their…

— Bill de Blasio

White people moving into Brooklyn, I don't see anything wrong with that. I think that's fine and I think that's beautiful, but to hear…

— Big Daddy Kane

Crime in the cities is very discouraging. Apartment house dwellers have locks, bolts, chains and bars on their doors. It takes a tenant longer…

— Sam Ewing

I teach at Harvard, and focusing on understanding this problem on a national level is a big priority of mine right now - where…

— Matthew Desmond

“Eviction's fallout is severe. Losing a home sends families to shelters, abandoned houses, and the street. It invites depression and illness, compels families to…

— Matthew Desmond

My apartment is the equivalent of one room in my Toronto home. Now I understand why New Yorkers are on the streets at all…

— Samantha Bee

I don't like apartments - the idea of other people living, copulating and defecating above me - they make me feel as trapped as…

— Eric-Emmanuel Schmitt