Fighting a landlord in video court, erupting sink sludge, & more

By Emily Myers | April 15, 2021 - 10:30AM

Online housing court hearings are challenging to tenants without internet who are taking on their landlords (The City)

A tenant's kitchen sink erupted with putrid black sludge when a plumber used pressurized air to clean the pipes of a building in Queens (Gothamist)

New mortgage applications and refinance requests are down, suggesting buyers are reconsidering whether it's the right time to buy (The Real Deal)

Condo owners in a Downtown Manhattan building win a legal fight against the sponsor, limiting her involvement with the board (press release)

Trees will be coming down in Brooklyn's Fort Green Park to make way for a redesign (amNewYork)

A new summer education program is designed to help kids catch up after pandemic (Brooklyn Eagle)

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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