A new rent payment service, floods purge city's rats, & more

By Emily Myers | September 9, 2021 - 10:30AM

Last week's flash floods may have killed hundreds of thousands of the city's rats when the flooding hit subways and sewers (Gothamist)

Residents in East Williamsburg support plans for a large-scale, affordable housing development at the former Greenpoint Hospital site (Brooklyn Paper)

A study estimates flooding from Ida caused $16 billion to $24 billion in property damage throughout the northeast (The Real Deal)

NYC Ferry launches a new route connecting Midtown with Staten Island's St. George Terminal (New York Yimby)

Rental insurance provider Jetty has a new service that will pay your rent and give you until the end of the month to pay it back (The Real Deal)

Cyclists have had been testing it out the new Brooklyn Bridge bike lane (Brooklyn Paper)

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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