New leader for HUD, Wall Streeters sour on Florida, & more
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New leader for HUD, Wall Streeters sour on Florida, & more

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By Emily Myers  |
March 11, 2021 - 10:30AM

Representative Marcia L. Fudge has been voted in as secretary of the Department of Housing and Urban Development—the first Black woman to lead the agency in more than four decades (Washington Post)

A homeless encampment along the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway in Williamsburg shows the impact of the past 12 months on the city's most vulnerable residents (amNewYork)

Health officials confirm the NYC Covid variant is more transmissible than the original virus (Gothamist)

Indoor dining capacity will go up to 50 percent by next weekend (Crain's New York)

Talk of South Florida drawing Wall Streeters away from NYC en masse is already beginning to fizzle (Bloomberg)

Amenities at the newly completed apartment complex, 180 East 88th St. in Manhattan, include a basketball half-court and an indoor soccer pitch (press release)

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Emily Myers

Senior Writer/Podcast Producer

Emily Myers is a real estate writer and podcast host. As the former host of the Brick Underground podcast, she earned four silver awards from the National Association of Real Estate Editors. Emily studied journalism at the University of the Arts, London, earned an MA Honors degree in English Literature from the University of Edinburgh and lived for a decade in California.

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