Virginia Worthington was excited for a summer in New York City. What she didn’t expect was a classic N.Y.C. headache: a serious apartment problem.
After finishing finals at Auburn University, Worthington, 22, moved to the city for a summer internship. She and three college friends subleased a fully furnished, lofted apartment with two bedrooms and one bathroom.
Worthington and her friend Merrin took the first-floor bedroom — a choice Worthington now says they “could have never anticipated what a poor decision that would be.”…