• It's buying season! Manhattan prices jump 10% and Brooklyn jump 20 (Crain's New York)
• ... and in Williamsburg, developers are asking 53% more for new (but bigger) condos (The Real Deal)
• Not on my front stoop! Brooklyn Heights balks at Citi Bike stations  (Brooklyn Daily Eagle)
• The UES is so dull, it's actually hip (New York Observer)
  
• Does it make sense to spend $$$ on improvements to your rental? (amNY)
• What the heck is a cathedral ceiling anyway? (Curbed NY)
• Park Slope may be family-friendly, but 44% don't pay the nanny overtime (New York Daily News)
• Goodbye fab new condos -- imagine a future with no new buildings (Big Think)
• Is 2 months security as sign of a racist landlord? (UrbanBaby)
• Don't be a lazy boob and buy an apartment sight unseen (Malcolm Carter)
• City barks back, fines Co-op City $85K for banning emotional support dogs (New York Daily News) 
• Chutzpah alert: Absentee shareholder wants to join the co-op board (Habitat Talk)