The next mayor's to-do list, buildings get failing grades, & more

By Emily Myers | October 15, 2020 - 10:30AM

Demand for suburban single-family rental houses will increase in demand across the U.S., according to a new report by the Urban Land Institute (Fast Company)

Ideas for how the next mayor of New York City can reshape the city—or maintain the less-desirable inequities of status quo (Curbed)

Bike thefts are on the rise—more than 4,000 have been reported in NYC since March, a 27 percent increase over the same period last year (The New York Times)

The energy-efficiency report cards are out for New York's buildings and there are lots of Ds (Curbed)

Governor Andrew Cuomo is threatening to withhold funding for schools that fail to comply with the state’s shutdown orders (Bloomberg)

A startup offering modern, better looking scaffolding for construction sites has secured $9 million in funding (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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