New York and New Jersey will get federal aid to help rebuild areas devastated by last week's flash floods (The New York Times)
President Joe Biden will visit Queens to see some of the damage caused by the remnants of Hurricane Ida first hand (abc7NY)
Manhattan Borough President Gale Brewer has announced her opposition to the current plan to rezone SoHo and NoHo (Commerical Observer)
Transit advocates want the $2.1 billion AirTrain project scrapped, saying the route between LaGuardia and Queens doesn't make sense (New York Post)
Sales of apartments in new developments are up 109 percent from a year ago and 88 percent from August 2019 (The Real Deal)
The grocery chain Trader Joe's is opening a new store in Williamsburg (Greenpointers)
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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