Some owners are taking steps to make their buildings more energy efficient, including upgrading building materials and turning the rooftops into solar farms.
Dieu-Nalio Chéry, who covered the strife that has plagued his country, became a target of the violence himself, but he and his family received help to settle in New York.
The city is thriving, but many who scored a deal now face rent-renewal sticker shock. Rents rose 33 percent between January of 2021 and January this year, according to an online listing site.