Some New Yorkers live in one place for years, managing a rotating cast of roommates and security deposits, and eventually becoming the de facto landlord and keeper of institutional knowledge. cliomiso reports on the city's 'apartment mayors'
Photo-Illustration: Curbed Ben Lebovitz moved into his two-bedroom apartment in the East Village, with old, splintered wood floors and exposed brick, in 2006. At first, he and a friend were just subletting from “some guy” in Brooklyn. “We knew it was kind of shady and he was overcharging us,” Lebovitz said, but he was happy to find a spot that was spacious if a bit run-down. More than 16 years later, Lebovitz still lives there.
It isn’t easy to become an apartment mayor. The act of staying implies a certain kind of passivity, but anyone who’s been through the New York City rental market knows that to remain is a full-contact sport. In his early years in the apartment, Lebovitz realized his hunch about being ripped off was correct and he was in fact being illegally overcharged above the rent-stabilized rate by the previous leaseholder.
But it also comes with responsibility. Most people I spoke to complained about the headache of constantly having to find and bring in new roommates. “I’ve learned over the last few years to go over everything. I bring up stuff you would never think to bring up,” Kelly Kopp, who’s lived in a three-bedroom in Washington Heights and has seen eight roommates over nine years, told me. “I’ll even say please shut the cupboards after you open them.
Many people told me they’d stayed for practical reasons, that they wanted to build rental records, or the deal was pretty good. Or as Karl put it: “It’s a pain in the ass to move.” COVID changed that, at least for her. Holding the lease as people came and went became too stressful. She’s now in a studio apartment, a mayor of one.
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