NYC plans 100 miles of car-free streets, new cleaning rules for Airbnbs, & more

By Emily Myers | April 28, 2020 - 9:30AM

Mayor Bill de Blasio committed to designating 100 miles of streets for car-fre e socially responsible exercise during the pandemic (Streets Blog NYC)

Airbnb is introducing new cleaning and sanitization protocols starting next month, including a 24-hour buffer between stays (Washington Post)

Navy jets will take to the skies over NYC starting at noon in a salute to frontline Covid-19 responders (NY1)

A former Watchtower hotel in Dumbo has been given the green light to be converted into affordable housing (Real Estate Weekly)

Residents at a NYCHA development in Brooklyn received 1,700 N95 masks, thanks to developer Maddd Equities and Team Brown Consulting, a construction firm (press release)

Tips on how to return to a city you've fled during the pandemic (Vice)

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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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