There are many costs associated with living in an increasingly expensive New York City, but the broker fee might be the most detested one. Moving into an apartment in the city can easily cost more than $10,

The City Council overwhelmingly passed a measure to shift the burden of broker fees to landlords. Here’s what that means for renters.

Under the bill, whoever hires the broker would have to pay them. In most cases, that would be the landlord. The broker fee, as we know it, would end. There is a 30-day window for the mayor to sign the F.A.R.E. Act into law. If he doesn't, it still becomes ...