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How reality TV glamorized the foreclosure crisis in Bed-Stuy, Grey Gardens sold, more

By Alanna Schubach  | December 21, 2017 - 11:15AM

Manhattan landlord Steve Croman must pay a record-breaking $8 million to tenants he harassed (The Real Deal, previously)

An in-depth look at how Million Dollar Listing's Ryan Serhant profited off of the foreclosure crisis and helped displace working-class black and Latino families in central Brooklyn (Buzzfeed) 

The city added 25 miles of protected bike lanes in 2017 (Metro) 

A look back at what's been done this year to create more affordable housing in NYC (Curbed) 

Millennials, contrary to some reports, are not ditching cities for the 'burbs (CityLab) 

The famed Grey Gardens mansion in the Hamptons has sold for $15.5 million to a mystery buyer (Curbed)

Alanna Schubach

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Contributing editor Alanna Schubach has over a decade of experience as a New York City-based freelance journalist.

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