Toll hikes on the Verrazzano Bridge, tar balls on the Long Island coast, & more

By Emily Myers | April 2, 2019 - 11:00AM

Toll hikes on the Verrazzano Narrows Bridge make it the most expensive in the country—at $19 without E-ZPass (New York Post)

The battle within a Brooklyn co-op over a free apartment and a beloved caretaker (New York Times)

There are calls to boost superfund clean up efforts, including sites in Queens and Brooklyn, to the tune of $300 million (Brooklyn Eagle)

A court ruling paves the way for a landmarked Tribeca clock tower to be converted into a private penthouse (Curbed NY)

A fuel leak from a container ship has left oil and tar balls in the waters off Coney Island and Long Island, from Norton Point to Atlantic Beach (Gothamist)

Alibaba co-founder, Joseph Tsai, is in talks to buy Brooklyn’s Barclays Center from the Russian billionaire Mikhail Prokhorov (The Real Deal)

Emily Myers

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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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