Hundreds of small buildings may be overtaxed, a legal battle over a leaning tower, & more

By Emily Myers | April 4, 2019 - 11:00AM

NYC could be mistakenly overtaxing hundreds of small building s (The Real Deal)

A leaning tower near South Street Seaport has sparked a legal fight between a contractor and developer with claims of an off-kilter foundation (Commercial Observer)

Developers have been given the go-ahead to demolish the building that once housed Landmark’s Sunshine Cinema on the Lower East Side (Crains via Curbed NY)

A dozen vacant lots in Bedford-Stuyvesant will eventually be the site of a 14-story, low-income housing complex with an urban farm (Curbed NY)

New Yorkers get a glimpse at subway modernization with the MTA's new tap card system—we just can't use it yet (Gothamist)

The owner of NYC's $238 million penthouse, Ken Griffin, gifted $25 million to the Shed, the cultural center at Hudson Yards (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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