Matthew Sedacca

1 week ago | curbed.com | Matthew Sedacca

A triplex on Leonard Street, as seen in this listing photo, was rented for $150,000 a month to an ultra-high-net-worth couple who wanted to “try out” the city before buying. Lurid details abound in the Nolita crypto-kidnapping case: allegations of chainsaw torture and forced crack use. Night-vision goggles and ballistic helmets recovered from the scene. The presence of two butlers, apparently.

1 week ago | curbed.com | Matthew Sedacca

This two-bedroom cottage in Woodstock, as seen in this listing photo, has a bunch of windows for taking in the surrounding (and very Snow White) woodland area. Part of living in New York City is thinking about moving out of New York City. Each month, we’ll round up the best listings within commuting-ish distance, places where entire houses go for the cost of a “junior one-bedroom” (or less), but you’ll have to fix your own toilet.

2 weeks ago | curbed.com | Matthew Sedacca

A Dominican man is detained by plainclothes ICE officers after his immigration court hearing at the Jacob K. Javits Federal Building on June 6, 2025. Things can move quickly at 26 Federal Plaza: People arrive alone or with their families for mandatory check-ins at Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s offices, then disappear inside the building as the Trump administration accelerates its vast machinery of deportation.

2 weeks ago | curbed.com | Matthew Sedacca

This Prospect Heights one-bedroom apartment, as seen in a listing photo, flaunts some incredible woodwork. For under a million dollars, one can find all sorts of housing configurations: park- and subway-adjacent studios, one-bedrooms hidden in carriage houses or former shoe factories, and even the occasional true two-bedroom. We’re combing the market for particularly spacious, nicely renovated, or otherwise worth-a-look apartments at various six-digit price points.

3 weeks ago | curbed.com | Matthew Sedacca

Landlords say they are raising rents or even parting with their brokers when the FARE Act, which requires them pay the fee for real estate agents they hire, goes into effect on Wednesday. The day has come — almost: Following a series of legislative and legal battles, protests outside City Hall, hurt feelings over the nature and basic value of one’s work, and months of waiting, the law banning the broker fee as we know it is set to go into effect.