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Rental Ads May Not Be Fully 100% Totally Honest

Shocking news from City Hall today, courtesy of a press release emailed our way: "CITY HALL -- One-third of 'no fee' online ads have hidden brokers' fees, says a new report to be released Thursday, October 26th by the City Council's Oversight and Investigations Committee, chaired by Council Member Eric Gioia."

Added Craigslist's Craig Newmark, "Uh, no shit."*
· NYC City Council and DCA re bad apartment brokers [Craig Blog]
· Rental Scam Press Conference [PropertyGrunt]

*Fabricated quote. Craig doesn't actually swear. Curbed regrets the error.