Many people in my neighborhood, near Brighton Beach Avenue, and other areas in NYC, rent a room out in their apartment. Good luck

Do you know anyone personally that you could refer me to?

in true ny fashion, if youve been there longer than 30 days you dont have to leave in a week lol it could buy you up to about 6 months although youd lose your help for good and live awkwardly lol if not try to obtain your security license, theyll give a job to anyone who can wear a suit and stand for 8 hours and you could probably land a gig ~$20/hr

Thank you for this! I'll look into it. Also does that apply if I havent been paying them? Essentially they've just been letting me stay here.

what was the reason they changed their mind? that is a huge red flag

I'm not totally sure. Whenever I first got here they said I could stay for as long as I needed. I was out of town visiting a friend and his family in Jersey. Then when I came back I received a txt that said that they missed their space and that they would give me a week to find a place. The weird thing is that they've been pretty honest about everything and told me everything they needed and wanted me to do and I've done it to the best of my ability. This was just very sudden. I hope that answers your question.

Welcome to New York!

I recommend looking on StreetEasy and Zillow for rooms for rent. Focus on the less expensive parts of the city (i.e., anywhere outside of Manhattan below 96th Street, Morningside Heights, western Queens and northern Brooklyn). Widen your net. It wouldn't be the end of the world to land in Jersey City or even St. George. Here for instance is a $1,400/month studio in St. George that's available right away.

That sucks and was a dick move on their part, but this is what will make the journey more interesting

Thank you so much for the subjection

I guess but right now I'm less worried about the journey and more worried about where to lay my head you know? But I do appreciate the sentiment.

There's the legal argument and then there's the ethical argument.

If the alternative is becoming homeless, then obviously use whatever leverage you have to avoid homelessness... but it just strikes me, personally, as a really lousy move to force someone who's been giving you a free room to incur the time and expense of going to housing court to evict you.

Maybe see if you can try to negotiate a longer grace period than a week? Hopefully this person who's been giving you a free room would be willing to accommodate you a bit longer to avoid (i) making you homeless or (ii) taking you to housing court. Because a one-week deadline to (i) find a place and (ii) move out is pretty tough for most people to meet.

I'll see about talking to them to negotiate. Thank you for your insight

Good luck!

chip in if possible! so like the other person said its sleazy to do but winter is coming so survive as you must .. if they were open enough to allow you to stay then id also suggest coming to some agreement that you can stay there helping them out while you are able to save and search .. best of luck pal

Thank you! I'll try to do what I can

I don't, but I think there are ads in Russian language papers and online. I'm not Russian speaking however if you use translate online after finding local papers, I think you'll find such ads.