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Moving Day
🕑 Added 2025-07-22 09:06:46 +0000 UTCMoving Day was a tradition in New York City dating back to colonial times and lasting until after World War II. On February 1, sometimes known as "Rent Day", landlords would give notice to their tenants what the new rent would be after the end of the quarter,[1] and the tenants would spend good-weather days in the early spring searching for new houses and the best deals.[2] On May 1,[3] all leases in the city expired simultaneously at 9:00 am, causing thousands of people to change their residences, all at the same time.[4][5]
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Matthew Laird
This is how all NYC residents sound to me. "Horrors beyond imagining that we can't do anything about" followed by "But it's the greatest city in the world and I will hear nothing to the contrary."
Laura Lusby
It’s not just men who had to finish the Davy Crockett line. Women, or at least myself, do it too.
