Beyond that, be honest in your rental ads and disclose it early in the body of the ad.

Now it hooking up, body counts, total disregard of physical and mental development.

Licensed, has all shots and immunizations, name/breed/age/weight, pic, maybe even a meet-and-greet.

Make sure to confirm current rules with the local governing bodies.  

And with the social entitlement (welfare) system being as it is with such a high bar of support, that makes roughly 55% all but immune from impact of such and if anything, they spend more, greater aiding inflation. 

Replacing a fuse box with a breaker box (has to be licensed by the city), running a sewer snake through a cleanout hole (I don't want anyones feces on my body, not even my own), crawling under a house to fix plumbing (I'm claustrophobic and have panic attacks), dealing with intruders you catch on security cameras (I call the police and meet them there). 

No city anywhere is immune to crime and drugs.

There was another set of footprints, clearly running with long strides, toward the back of the lot where there was a fairly steep hill...with what appeared to be multiple body imprints falling and tumbling down the hill.

Are there off years, of course, just like any other region NYC is not immune to market conditions - however in the long term, NYC is an appreciation, equity, and tax writeoff gameplay. 

ORIs this a long-term sellers market, I might as well take the plunge now before it gets worse.Every bone in my body says that I should keep looking, and something good will come my way.