The de Blasio administration proposed $1.3 billion in emergency budget cuts that include protected bike lanes and extra garbage pickups (StreetsBlog NYC)
Lower East Side small businesses are banding together to provide meals to first responders during the pandemic (Bowery Boogie)
Brooklynites are sharing messages of gratitude on their front-stoops, windows, and sidewalks (Bklyner)
An affordable housing lottery opened for six one-bedroom apartments in Bed-Stuy, with rent set at $2,245 (Brownstoner)
Austin Havens-Bowen
Staff Writer
Staff writer Austin Havens-Bowen covers the rental market and answers renters' questions in a column called Realty Bites. He previously reported on local news for the Queens Ledger and The Hunts Point Express in the Bronx. He graduated from Hunter College with a BA in media studies. He rents a one-bedroom apartment in Astoria with his boyfriend and their two cats.
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