NYCHA pushes back on lead paint removal, new rules to regulate sites like Airbnb, & more

By Emily Myers | November 20, 2018 - 11:00AM

For decades, NYCHA pushed back when a child in one of its units tested positive for lead (WNYC via New York Times)

Extra regulations are proposed to tighten up short-term rental abuses by sites like Airbnb (Curbed NY via Crain's)

One of the city's worst landlords is selling a Hamilton Heights building for $21 million (Commercial Observer)

A Manhattan tenant won a lower rent for a luxury studio after it was improperly deregulated (City Land)

The MTA's announced its Thanksgiving schedule ahead of the holiday (Press Release)

Brick Underground ranks in the top 10 of must-read real estate blogs (The Close)

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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