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She was still in college when she started applying for the housing lottery. Now, she pays $1,600 for a 1-bedroom apartment in NYC.

Rent prices in NYC grew more than seven times as fast as wages in 2023, according to a May report f…

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After 2 years of applying for the NYC housing lottery, she finally won her bid. Now she pays $1,000 in rent for her Manhattan apartment.

In 2018, the odds of winning the affordable-housing lottery were 1 in 592, The New York Times repor…

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He won the NYC housing lottery after applying more than 60 times. Now, he pays $2,300 in rent for his Brooklyn apartment.

Competition for the New York affordable-housing lottery is stiff: There are about 450 applications …

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Their landlord hiked their rent by 25%, so they applied for the NYC housing lottery. On the 25th try, luck was on their side.

Winning the housing lottery is a pipe dream for most applicants: In 2018, The New York Times report…

Amanda Goh   


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Trump is assailing the diversity visa lottery after the NYC terror attack - here's what it is

Eight people were killed and at least were 11 injured on Tuesday, after a suspect plowed a rented p…

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NYC's Soho House Held A Lottery To Pick Which Members Could Attend A Wild Mumford & Sons Show Last Night

I am also a member of the Soho House, so when the club sent out an email earlier this week stating …

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Trump unloads after NYC attack, says he'll terminate diversity visa program and may send suspect to Guantanamo Bay

Trump's comments came after a slew of early-morning tweets railing against the suspect and Senate M…

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I'm a HENRY financial planner who makes $125,000. Here's how I manage my money and the mistakes I see others making.

Georgia Lord is a HENRY making six figures as a financial planner and is saving for travel and a we…

Jamie Killin   


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10 things in tech you need to know today

Twitter users want Elon Musk to sell off some Tesla stock, and VW is launching an electric bus: 10 …

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Penthouses, mansions, and luxury ranches aren't selling across the US - and it could be a recession red flag

And out west, multimillion-dollar luxury ranches have been undergoing price cuts and sitting on the…

Hillary Hoffower   


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I'm a millennial who bought a Brooklyn apartment this year, and I was only able to because of the pandemic

The pandemic crushed the real estate market, forced banks to offer historically low mortgage intere…

Ben Gilbert   


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Inside the insanely competitive world of elite New York City preschools

Kids can get a great experience at any preschool, but what sets these prestigious preschools apart …

Elana Lyn Gross   


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I've lived near Long Island City for more than a decade. Here's why I'm worried Amazon HQ2 may come to Queens.

While densifying LIC, Amazon, developers, and city officials could create climate-change-resilient …

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Meet the 24-year-old who wants to build a group of high-tech hotels that cost only $2 a night

Of course, nightly rent isn't the only way the hotel will make returns. There are also utilities, w…

Clinton Nguyen   


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I paid $300 an hour for the VIP experience at Disneyland, and it made me realize how wealth has transformed the American Dream

Other methods, which are not lawful and above board, are perhaps no less uncommon. In March 2019, t…

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This guy created a Twitter bot that won him over a thousand 'retweet to win' prizes

-self help book-tickets to film screening in London-free entry into some club in Denver-2 tickets t…

Nathan McAlone   


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We asked and you answered: Here are your top stories about falling in (and out) of love in the office

"Austin and I kept things very secret at work because we both had the same boss, and worked very cl…

Áine Cain