Living in Manhattan, I'm a tenant (7)
I believe the answer is:
animate
'living' is the definition.
('animate' can be similar in meaning to 'living')
'in manhattan i'm a tenant' is the wordplay.
'in' indicates a hidden word.
'ANIMATE' is hidden in the letters of 'manhattan im a tenant'.
(Other definitions for animate that I've seen before include "Give life or movement to, as with a cartoon" , "Enliven, alive" , "Infuse with life" , "Inject life into, as with cartoon" , "Enliven like cartoon" .)