Emily Myers

We've rounded up some of the top lighting picks for making your outdoor space in the city the center of calm, joy, or escape you need right now—and none of them require an electrician.

The Met and The New-York Historical Society are the first major museums to announce reopening strategies with plans to welcome visitors back in August

Access to open houses will be tightly controlled now: Only open houses of vacant or unoccupied properties are allowed, and most in-person apartment viewings in NYC are going to take place by appointment only, staggered over a period of hours with limited people, frequent cleaning, and plenty of social distancing.

The tri-state area may introduce mandatory quarantine rules for travelers from Florida and other states seeing a rise in coronavirus cases (New York Post)

If you used a guarantor for an apartment lease, and can't pay your rent, you may be wondering if they will be on the hook for unpaid rent, or if there are any protections available because of the uniqueness of the coronavirus pandemic.

The real estate industry is allowed to conduct business face to face in this next phase, and the Real Estate Board of New York has issued detailed guidelines on how to proceed safely. Brokers are being asked to follow rules on appointment-only viewings, health screenings, and mask wearing with a continued emphasis on remote transactions. But how practical are these guidelines?