I have never written a negative review in my life, but I feel obligated to share this horrendous experience staying at Vanessa's.
I spent the entirety of my "stay" here crashing on other people's couches, as I was not able to live in the stuffy rabbit-shit-smelling sauna that is Vanessa's apartment. I luckily was able to sign an early lease on another apartment, and Vanessa kindly agreed to allow me to find someone to crash in my stead. I returned my keys to her and spent a full day cleaning the room - scrubbing surfaces, laundering the sheets, sweeping floors - in preparation for the guest's arrival. It was around this time where Vanessa became emotionally manipulative, causing me incredible anxiety and a general feeling of fear. She treated me like an infant, blaming me for not cleaning the room properly, though these arbitrary guidelines of hers were never vocalized to me (i.e. I should have washed the duvet cover, despite never having used the duvet). She totally lost it, accused me of causing her distress whilst canceling my replacement's reservation 20 minutes before he was supposed to arrive.
There is no AC available in the room, though it is listed as an amenity. Furthermore, the room has no windows to the outside, so it is incredibly stuffy and hot. It is uninhabitable during the summer. Vanessa is also extremely frugal with the tiny AC unit in the kitchen (often passive aggressively turning it off minutes after I turned it on), so whatever semblance of air exists in the apartment is inaccessible to guests.
She is not communicative and made me horribly uncomfortable during my stay. Even worse, there is no privacy, as all there is separating the room from the kitchen is a fully transparent curtain. The only good thing about this place is the location, though I wouldn't wish a stay analogous to mine upon even my worst enemy. Go enjoy New York and don't stay at this scam of an apartment.