A real estate agent goes on TikTok to explain why you should be suspicious of a place with an overpowering smell of bleach (New York Post)
After a slow start, the number of applicants who received aid from the $27 million Ida relief fund for undocumented New Yorkers doubles (City Limits)
Property managers use a new rat trap that exploits the rodent's weakness for Oreo cookies (The New York Times)
New York ranks 11th on a list of places where households spend more than 10 percent of their annual income on energy bills (Next City)
A revamp of the city's homeless shelters relies on a landlord with a checkered history (The New York Times)
Passengers on the new MTA express bus complain about a lack of leg room (The City)
Emily Myers
Senior Writer/Podcast Producer
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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