41.   In New York City, when a renter finds an apartment, contracts are generally signed immediately, contingent on a credit and reference check.

42.   In some cases, he said, the Battery Park City Authority would help residents find different apartments.

43.   It also has offered to help them find new apartments and pay their moving costs.

44.   It took the couple nearly a year to find an apartment for their growing family.

45.   It was like trying to find an apartment in New York.

46.   Just weeks ago, he also found an apartment in Brooklyn.

47.   Ms. Cook, a real-estate broker who trained as a chef, found the apartment Miss Franz is renting.

48.   Ms. Deneuve, who lives in France, visits the United States frequently, and has considered finding an apartment in New York.

49.   Most of the dozen found apartments through the referral services, or through friends or lucky finds in the newspaper.

50.   Ms. Shabazz had found the apartment in a nationally circulated renters guide.