Joyce Cohen
The Archive
With a glut of listings, and homes selling at a loss, NYC's famed Plaza is losing its luster
Compared with the glitzy towers piercing the city skyline, the Plaza on Central Park South is struggling to keep up -- and has for many years.
'Magician of meat' Pat LaFrieda seeks $6M for his Bronx home with indoor and outdoor kitchens
LaFrieda, who's known as America's most celebrated butcher, has listed his Riverdale home on Scenic Place for well more than the price of a burger.
Proposed expansion of a Conn. airport has rankled nearby homeowners: 'They are killing our quality of life'
A contentious fight over a proposed expansion of Tweed New Haven airport is ongoing, as residents complain of quality of life issues, such as noise and fumes.
Cyndi Lauper’s son faces boot from posh NYC pad for allegedly smoking weed, late-night screaming and thumping music
Declyn Lauper-Thornton was previously arrested twice -- for an illegal gun in Harlem in February and for alleged possession of a stolen Mercedes in Hamilton Heights, Manhattan, in July 2022.
I bought a Bronx model apartment and nothing worked: 'I am in an abusive relationship with my building'
Attorney Julie Hyman has had a bad string of luck at her condo building, Solaria Riverdale, where she's listing a unit that required $250,000 in surprise work.
Here's how much it costs to rent Ed Sheeran's Brooklyn triplex
A year after renting this Pierhouse residence, Ed Sheeran is vacating -- and it now asks a higher sum than the sky-high price the crooner paid per month.
NYC building supers face avalanches of cardboard boxes to recycle during the holidays
The time of giving gifts means loads of boxes for supers to recycle, which can keep piling up quickly -- unless they have the right tools to manage the load.
'Bright and beautiful' NYC rental was an active construction zone that forced tenants out: lawsuit
An Upper West Side landlord is seeking nearly a year's worth of unpaid rent, while her former tenants are counterclaiming for constructive eviction.
This NYC rental can't be used for 'pornographic purposes' or 'any abortions' -- here's why
An $18,000-per-month duplex at 337 E. 62nd St. may have a number of high-tech features -- but any potential for certain end uses is forbidden.
This NYC super is fighting the new trash set-out time: 'Our act of defiance'
Dominick Romeo, a live-in super of a condo in Chelsea, is organizing a grassroots movement and a City Hall rally to fight a new city effort in its war on...
Inside my son's 'nasal cripple' nightmare: 'Felt like a plastic bag over his head'
Chris Supalla was kept awake by a stuffy nose — three months later the 32-year-old was dead. His mom and an NY doctor are fighting for awareness.
This team wants to study the mice in your NYC apartment -- for science
A lab at Drexel University is looking for New York City mice -- as well as their country counterparts -- to compare their genetics.
Tenants of Harper Lee's dirt-cheap NYC apartment sue over 'illegal' deregulation
The late author paid $845.89 monthly for her stabilized Yorkville apartment at the time of her death in 2016 -- in 2022, it rented for $2,950.
This couple found the perfect Brooklyn home for three harps -- and a recording studio
After relocating back to New York from Nashville, Kirsten Agresta-Copely and Marc Copely found a Bushwick rowhouse, and set out to build a soundproof oasis.
These for-sale NYC homes come with a rare amenity
Having a basement-level pool in the thick of Manhattan is a rare get, even for the city's super-wealthy -- but now, four listed homes deliver them swim-ready.
A Grammy winner spent years restoring this once-dilapidated home -- now asking $5.25M
Nestled in the foothills of the Berkshires, a prominent folk star is looking to part ways with a historic estate -- which has lived many lives.
Here's what it's like living in a fifth-floor walkup unit in NYC
In the closest thing New York will ever have to a mountain, Redditors share their tales of living many flights above ground -- with nary an elevator in sight.
NYC man faces fines and has car auctioned off -- despite having a disabled permit
Jonathan Steinberg, who has Parkinson's disease, faces administrative nightmare that includes years of fighting off thousands of dollars in parking tickets.
Shoplifting in NYC is so bad supermarkets are locking up, installing anti-theft devices on $6 ice cream: 'This is the age we live in now'
One supermarket on the Upper West Side is guarding $6 cartons of Häagen-Dazs with bolted plastic tops — which can only be removed with a device at the register.
'Hipster Grifter' Kari Ferrell Ensor sued for unpaid rent in Bushwick
Kari Ferrell Ensor, who's lived for two years at the massive Denizen in Brooklyn, and her husband Elliot, allegedly haven't paid rent since at least December.