Preparing for a wetter future, MTA ridership record, & more

By Emily Myers | September 16, 2021 - 10:30AM

At a storm resilience hearing, New York officials outline went wrong when Ida hit and how the city needs to prepare for a wetter future (City Limits)

A report confirms mom and pop landlords and tenants in Black neighborhoods were hardest hit during the pandemic (The Real Deal)

The MTA reached a new pandemic-era ridership record with 2.9 million people traveling on the subway in one day (press release)

Hundreds of thousands of the city's signs and urban infrastructure need to be secured against increasing wind gusts (Brooklyn Eagle)

The future of the Empire State Building—the world's most famous skyscraper—is in doubt (The New York Times)

Plans are moving forward for an expansion of the High Line that would bring the elevated park within a block of Moynihan Train Hall (Gothamist)

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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